The Narrow Road to the Interior

by Kimiko Hahn

Book Overview

Kimiko Hahn, a welcome voice of experimentation and passion (Bloomsbury Review), takes up the Japanese prose-poetry genre zuihitsu--literally running brush, which utilizes tactics such as juxtaposition, contradiction, and broad topical variety--in exploring her various identities as mother and lover, wife and poet, daughter of varied traditions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393330273
• ISBN13: 9780393330274
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Deftly and expertly written

Accomplished, award-winning and prolific poet Kimiko Hahn is back once more with her seventh and anticipated fine volume of poetry, "The Narrow Road to The Interior." Using a new technique for her but will known to others, a free-form style native to Japan called zuihitsu, her poetry retains the same charm that was loved in her previous anthologies, covering her experiences as lover, mother, and a mixed child of eastern and western traditions, "The Narrow Road to The Interior" is deftly and expertly written, making it highly recommended to community library poetry collections and a must have for her fans of her previous books alongside readers new to Hahn's work.