BotchanOne of Japan's most treasured novels, new to Penguin Classics. Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious, and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests, from the pupils prone to playing tricks on their new, naive teacher; the staff vain, immoral, and in danger of becoming a bad influence on Botchan; and from