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Originally serialized in the Asahi Shimbun in 1908, Natsume Souseki wrote these ten short “dreams” in a surreal, dreamlike style. Weird, disturbing, and somewhat humorous, these short stories are like haiku—they hint at a much bigger story which is left to the reader to fish out. If you like Salvador Dalí’s artwork or the stories of
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