The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse

By Various and Geoffrey & Anthony Thwaite Ed. Bownas

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140420770
• ISBN13: 9780140420777
• Release Date: August 1964
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

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I stumbled across this book at a garage sale in southside Chicago. Though then 15 years old, it still had its cellophane wrapping intact. I pity the people who had it for so long and never peeked in, because it is a beautiful collection of poetry. It samples a wide range, from around 1000 a.d. to the 20th century (much of it tanka and haiku). At around 200 pages the book is a bit short for the task, but what is here is superbly rendered, and many of these poems can fill an afternoon with reveries. I have taken this book with me everwhere.