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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Paperback, Reissue) Loot Price: R219
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Paperback, Reissue)

Matsuo Basho; Translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa

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Written in a mixture of prose vignettes known as haibun and the 17-syllable poems of haiku, this slim volume contains five travel sketches from Bashi's wanderings through his native Japan in the 17th century. Few books so brilliantly marry a journey through a physical exterior with the interior landscape of the traveller. Mountains collared by clouds and cedar trees dripping rain become a subtle revelation of Bashi's own state of mind. The purity and simplicity of the writing is breathtaking. In four short haiku lines Bashi is able to conjure the spirit of place and of his own shifting moods in a way that would take other writers whole pages. (Kirkus UK)
Bash-o’s haiku are a series of superb pictures in which whole landscapes and seasons are evoked by description of the crucial details.

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Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2005
First published: February 1967
Authors: Matsuo Basho
Translators: Nobuyuki Yuasa
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 167
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044185-7
Languages: English
Subtitles: Japanese
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
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LSN: 0-14-044185-9
Barcode: 9780140441857

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