The Penguin Book of Haiku

The Penguin Book of Haiku

Availability: In Stock
Author: Adam L. Kern (translator)
Publisher: Penguin
Series: Black Classics
ISBN: 9780140424768
Pages: 544
Cover: Paperback
Dimensions: 20cm X 13cm X 3cm
  • 780.00 грн


First Penguin volume

Of best Japanese haiku

Vivid translations

Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Although renowned for its minimalism and brevity, usually running three lines in seventeen syllables, and by its use of natural imagery to make Zen-like observations about reality, in fact the haiku is much more: it can be erotic, funny, crude and mischievous.

Presenting over a thousand exemplars in vivid and engaging translations by Adam L. Kern, this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely celebrated, if misunderstood, art form.

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