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Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

A beautiful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature.Basho (1644-1694) a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty, is renowned in the West as the author of `Narrow Road to the Interior`, a travel diary of linked prose and haiku recounting his journey through the far northern provinces of Japan. This edition features a masterful translation of this celebrated work. It also includes an insightful introduction by translator Sam Hamill detailing Basho`s life and the art of haiku, three other important works by Basho `Travelogue of Weather-Beaten Bones`, `The Knapsack Notebook`, and `Sarashina Travelogue` and two hundred and fifty of his finest haiku, making this the most complete single-volume collection of Basho`s writings

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