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The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku

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by: Kobayashi Issa See Larger Image List Price: $21.95 Amazon.com's Price: $14.93 You Save: $7.02 (32%) as of 11/22/2009 21:37 EST Used Price: $6.94 Third Party New Price: $12.33 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 895.6134 EAN: 9781570621444 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1570621446 Label: Shambhala Manufacturer: Shambhala Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 212 Publication Date: October 15, 1997 Publisher: Shambhala Release Date: October 15, 1997 Studio: Shambhala Related Items: Basho: The Complete Haiku The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions) Haiku Master Buson (Companions for the Journey) Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings (Shambhala Classics) The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa (Essential Poets) see more Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior. In addition to The Spring of My Life, the translator has included more than 160 of Issa's best haiku and an introduction providing essential information on Issa's life and valuable comments on translating (and reading) haiku. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Superfluous Words are powerful . . . BECAUSE they are never used. The power, the beauty of each poem comes from words erased, struck out. OR, in the minds of the greatest writers of haiku, may never have been considered. Translator Sam Hamill has a heightened sensitivity for nuance. He 'listens' to any subtle variation of sound or meaning, and also the changes that evolve through generations. This reviewer considers him the "translator-of-choice". Wouldn't it be a joy and honor to have your own writings translated into Japanese by this man? ... Read More Rating: - Superb! You might like to know the contents of the book: * Translator's Introduction......ix * The Spring of My Life......1 * Selected Haiku......97 * Notes......171 * Index of First Lines......173 * About the Translator and the Artist......181 __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ _________ Ah yes, Issa... Issa the lonely... Issa the rejected... Issa the destitute... ... Read More Rating: - this is haiku Look no further, you've found it! Rating: - One MUST judge a book by its cover! I bought this book for three reasons: a pre-existing love for Issa's poetry, the picture on the front cover, and the review by Ramon Melendez. Really, I have little to add to his review since he sums up the book very nicely. I haven't even finished reading it...What I would like to write are my first impressions. It was a delight simply to hold this book in my hands: it's size and shape are unique, reflecting the uniqueness of the words and worlds inside. Those colours on the cover reflect, perhaps, ... Read More Rating: - A book of a rare beautiful simplicity This is one of the most beautiful books I have read. Issa's story is moving, deeply humane yet not tainted by any melodramatic tendencies. Framed in the Japanese tradition of haiku poetry his poems to his daughter are tender and moving and reveal a deep appreciation of life, beauty and simplicity.

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