The Penguin Book of Haiku
Author: Anon
ISBN: 9780140424768
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 Jun 2018
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback / softback
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 brevity, usually running over 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.
ISBN: 9780140424768
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 Jun 2018
Pages: 544
Format: Paperback / softback
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 brevity, usually running over 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.
