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Basho stands today as Japans most renowned writer, and one of the most revered. Wherever Japanese literature, poetry or Zen are studied, his oeuvre carries weight. Every new student of haiku quickly learns that Basho was the greatest of the Old Japanese...

This is the only translation of the work of this important haiku poet in English. Buson (1716-1783), along with Basho and Issa, is recognised as one of the three Japanese masters of the haiku. In addition to a large selection of haiku, the book also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789629966591Author David HawkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307962003Author Matsuo BashoFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)...

Cultivating the Empty Field is a modern translation of the core of Chinese Ch'an master Hongzhi's Extensive Record.First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi...

Priceless Wisdom from a Modern Tao Te Ching Odyssey"...this book will completely absorb your attention from the beginning..." -Emanuele Pettener, PhD, assistant professor of Italian and writer in residence at Florida Atlantic University#1 New Release in...

*Winner of The Griffin International Poetry Prize and the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Award* The title section of Kim Hyesoon's powerful new book, Autobiography of Death, consists of forty-nine poems, each poem representing a single day during which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957756066Author Muhammad IqbalFormat HardbackPage Count 454Imprint Ghazal Sara Dot OrgPublisher Ghazal Sara Dot OrgWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809428Author Saigyo SaigyoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

The first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in EnglishIn 1923, Shuzo Takiguchi's first year at Tokyo's Keio University was cut short by the Great Kanto Earthquake, which nearly destroyed the Japanese capital. When he returned...

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is now widely viewed as Japan's greatest poet of the 20th century. Little known in his lifetime, he died at 37 from tuberculosis, but has since become a much loved children's author whose magical tales have been translated into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861714896Author Francisca ChoFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally. The early sailings to Northern Russia via the Arctic Ocean between...

The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves together family...

In July 1943, a twenty-one-year-old British officer, Reg Hibbert, answered a call inviting volunteers for mysterious 'parachute duties'. The call was part of a recruitment drive by Special Operations Executive, SOE, to attract likely young officers for...

Arun Kolatkar (1931-2004) was one of India's greatest modern poets. He wrote prolifically, in both Marathi and English, publishing in magazines and anthologies from 1955, but did not bring out a book of poems until he was 44. "Jejuri" (1976) won him the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844018680Author M. PonnambalamFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781829660Author Nakahara ChuyaFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789360458751Author Vinod Kumar ShuklaFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint WestlandPublisher Westland Publications Limited

As direct descendants of the great courtier-poets Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204) and his son Teika (1162-1244), the heirs of the noble Reizei house can claim an unbroken literary lineage that spans over eight hundred years. During all that time, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789387669079Author Sir Rabindranath TagoreFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint General PressPublisher General PressWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399973663Author Paul CharltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Softwood BooksPublisher Softwood BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556595523Author Cold Mountain (Han Shan)Format HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Copper Canyon PressPublisher Copper Canyon Press

"Translucent elegies 'for the city that is leaving forever' (Srinagar) from one of its sons, who also happens to be one of America's finest younger poets."-John AshberyAbout the AuthorAgha Shahid Ali (1949-2001) taught at the University of Utah, at the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983770862Author Kamran Mir HazarFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Hazaristan PressPublisher Hazaristan PressWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398485044Author Nidhi BhatFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its...

The Shadow of My Ancestral Tree speaks of many young women's experiences, particularly the children of immigrant parents. It is a collection of poetry about life, which explores themes such as trauma, grief, heartbreak, politics, family, hope, feminism...

A poet-priest of the late Edo period, Ryokan (1758-1831) was the most important Japanese poet of his age. This volume contains not only the largest English translation yet made of his principal poems, but also an introduction that sets the poetry in its...

The 'Miyah' community of the Northeast Indian state of Assam is formed from the descendants of migrant Bengali-Muslims living in the chars (low-lying islands prone to floods and erosion). Very rarely do we see translations of literature from India's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143464907Author Arundhathi SubramaniamFormat HardbackPage Count 428Imprint Penguin Ebury PressPublisher Penguin Random House India

With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic tradition is the...

Surdas has been regarded as the epitome of artistry in Old Hindi religious poetry from the end of the sixteenth century, when he lived, to the present day. His fame rests upon his remarkable refashioning of the widely known narrative of the cowherd deity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781786455567Author Jennifer BurkinshawFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Beaten Track PublishingPublisher Beaten Track Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838099015Author Ian L. ClayFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Hawksmoor PublishingPublisher Hawksmoor Publishing

A modern translation of verses by Bullhe Shah, the iconic eighteenth-century Sufi poet, treasured by readers worldwide to this day.Bullhe Shah's work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788170286929Author Kuldip SalilFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Rajpal & SonsPublisher Rajpal & SonsDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681376462Author Vivek NarayananFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint NYRB PoetsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc