| A House by Itself: Selected Haiku of Shiki Contributor(s): Brandi, John (Translator), Kawasaki Martinez, Noriko (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1945680091 ISBN-13: 9781945680090 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - Japanese |
| Series: Companions for the Journey |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.9" W x 6.8" (0.26 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shiki's distinctive vision and direct expression make a tone recognizably his own, conveyed beautifully in these pages' translations. We hear Shiki's haiku as the voice of a friend bringing complex news in a few intimate words. These haiku are drawn from a world that feels close to our own, and they bring our own lives and world closer. Shiki's poems are necessary and delicious as mountain water, carrying the mountain's hidden minerals from inside it to inside us. --Jane Hirshfield, author of The Heart of Haiku and The Ink Dark Moon Last year's dream Shiki is considered by the Japanese as one of the masters of haiku. He radically reformed the haiku, suggesting sketching from life as an aesthetic. |