Angel at the Earth's Extreme - Collected Poems

The intensely confessional work of Japan’s most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion--especially among fans of the hit anime show A Penguin Classic Although he lived only to age thirty, Nakahara Chūya ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui, and romantic melancholy of a changing world. This edition collects both his published and his unpublished work,;from his traditional Japanese tanka to his experiments with European modernism, and captures in a melodic new translation the beauty and intimacy of Chūya’s voice, showing why it has resonated with readers for a century.

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Nakahara Chuya; Translated by Jeffrey Angles

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The intensely confessional work of Japan’s most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion—especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo Stray Dogs—in a brilliant new translation, the most comprehensive in English

A Penguin Classic

Although he lived only to age thirty, Nakahara Chūya ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui, and romantic melancholy of a changing world. This edition collects both his published and his unpublished work, from his traditional Japanese tanka to his experiments with European modernism, and captures in a melodic new translation the beauty and intimacy of Chūya’s voice, showing why it has resonated with readers for a century.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Angles, Nakahara Chuya, Chuya Nakahara
• Assisted by: Angles Jeffrey (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 05.05.2026
• EAN: 9780143139171
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313917-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Poetry, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Asian / Japanese, Classic fiction: literary and general, Poetry / Poems, Literature of Japan