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 his 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