"Botchan" by Natsume Soseki

Odd little book translated from the Japanese. Apparently it's very popular in Japan and can be compared to Huckleberry Finn. I got the feeling that it lost a tremendous amount in the translation and in cultural differences. Nice to have a tiny view into Japanese culture. I bought the book because Botchan sounds like the name of a bird (stork or flamingo?) in Polish.