The Gate

The Gate portrays a married couple living in subdued retreat from the world, bound together by affection and by the shadow of a past decision. Their quiet domestic life is interrupted by memory, obligation, and the possibility of spiritual refuge, yet certainty remains elusive. With great restraint, Sōseki turns ordinary rooms, weather, work, and silence into a drama of guilt and endurance. This modern English translation offers a clean edition of one of the author's most delicate psychological novels.