The Miner

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The Miner (, The Miner^?) is a novel published in 1908 by the Japanese author Natsume Sōseki.

[edit] Plot summary

It is the story of a university student from Tokyo who leaves school because of a failed relationship and ends up working in a mine. He experiences many troubles with the other miners, and his descent into the heart of the mine.

[edit] References to The Miner

• Haruki Murakami has two characters discuss the book in his novel Kafka on the Shore.