{"product_id":"9781556597053","title":"Chronicle of Drifting","description":"Author: Yuki Tanaka\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556597053\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 80 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**2025 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Finalist**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Drifting\u003c\/i\u003e enacts a restless quest for belonging, interweaving dreamlike imagery and Japanese lyricism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuki Tanaka's stunning debut, Chronicle of Drifting, explores rootlessness, its beauty and perils. Tanaka's restless imagination roams among places and personae-a village mermaid, a geisha in the Midwest, a flneur in Tokyo-searching for a permanent self and a sense of community. In the feverish world of these poems, inspired by the Japanese tradition of tanka and haiku, as well as by timeless surrealism, one meets a light-lashed horse, an imaginary chauffeur, an out-of-business psychic, a girl who skewers a fish with a flower stalk. In poems ranging from lyric to prose, Tanaka creates a poignant dreamlike realm where the inner and outer worlds, the self and others, merge-like the train passenger who, looking out the window and seeing the sky through his reflection, feels \"empty, a blue outline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920583934110,"sku":"ING-9781556597053","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781556597053.jpg?v=1782824918","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781556597053","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}