Verlag:
Eland Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: YG43E37
EAN: 9781780602301
Auf Lager:
3
Zustellung: Mo, 14.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 30.–
Beschreibung
After eight years working in Japan, immersing herself in its language and literature, Lesley Chan Downer set off in the footsteps of Matsuo Basho, Japan's most cherished poet, to explore the country's remote northern provinces. Basho's pilgrimage to find the landscapes that had inspired the great medieval poets gave birth to Japan's most famous travel book, rich in strange imagery and sometimes comic encounters along the road. In this intriguing cross-threading of journeys, perceptions and exquisite haiku, Lesley creates her own funny, loving and honest portrayal of contemporary Japan. As she walks, she finds at one and the same time a drab post-industrial landscape of concrete and cable, but also a land still full of the old enchantments. Nights in thatched highland villages and sake-drenched poetry sessions encourage her to see for herself if any of the legendary hermit-priests still survive in the sacred mountains of the north.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Lesley Chan Downer
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2024
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 288