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Triumph of the Sparrow
Takahashi, Shinkichi; Stryk, Lucien
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Description for Triumph of the Sparrow
Paperback. Translator(s): Stryk, Lucien. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its quest for unity with the Absolute. Lucien Stryk, Takahashi's fellow poet and close friend, here presents Takahashi's complete body of Zen poems in an English translation that conveys the grace and power of Takahashi's superb art. "A first-rate poet . . . [Takahashi] springs out of some crack between ordinary worlds: that is, there is some genuine madness of the sort ... Read more
Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its quest for unity with the Absolute. Lucien Stryk, Takahashi's fellow poet and close friend, here presents Takahashi's complete body of Zen poems in an English translation that conveys the grace and power of Takahashi's superb art. "A first-rate poet . . . [Takahashi] springs out of some crack between ordinary worlds: that is, there is some genuine madness of the sort ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802137364
SKU
V9780802137364
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