Fr. 21.50

Salad Anniversary

English · Paperback / Softback

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Covering the discovery of new love, first heartache and the end of an affair, these poems mix the ancient grace and musicality of the tanka form with a modern insight and wit. With a light, fresh touch and a cool eye, Machi Tawara celebrates the small events in a life fully lived and one that is wonderfully touched by humour and beauty.

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"these poems mix the ancient grace and musicality of the tanka form with a modern insight and wit. With a light, fresh touch and a cool eye, Machi Tawara celebrates the small events in a life fully lived and one that is wonderfully touched by humor and beauty. This book will stay with you through the day, and long after you have finished it." - Reading Group Choices

"It is no wonder this book triggered a cultural phenomenon in Japan. She describes the source of her desires and frustrations with such precision that they become universal. . . Machi Tawara's Salad Anniversary is an acutely self-aware portrait of modern life and love. . . Sensorial experiences string together past, present, and future, creating a narrative based on emotionally evocative images. " - Asymptote Journal

"Haruki Murakami is doleful, Hanya Yanagihara's crestfallen, Banana Yoshimoto is a near infinite abyss. The poet Machi Tawara is of a different ilk; she has a distinctly sanguine tone. . . Tawara is a champion of gratitude and glee, best capturing simple satisfactions. . . From the garden to the produce aisle, her verses are full of zest-combining a feeling of contentment with images of ripening fruit. . . Tawara's tanka bunch together like an overfull vine of grapes, creating powerful narratives that often have a timeless feeling, like that of a folk legend. . . It is the weaving together of the part (her hopeful tanka) and the whole (the narrative of her poems) that yield such a fruitful collection, perfect for the coming summer." - The New Orleans Review

Product details

Authors Julie Winters Carpenter, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Machi Tawar, Machi Tawara
Assisted by Julie Winters Carpenter (Translation), Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translation)
Publisher Pushkin Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 23.10.2014
 
EAN 9781782271062
ISBN 978-1-78227-106-2
No. of pages 144
Series Pushkin Collection
Pushkin Collection
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures

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