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ASKING MYSELF, ANSWERING MYSELF.
by Kusano, Shimpei (1903-1988). Translated by Cid Corman, with Susumu Kamaike
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- first
- Condition
- Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of one page).
- ISBN 10
- 0811208877
- ISBN 13
- 9780811208871
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About This Item
New York:: New Directions,, (1984). First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of one page).. First printing, a trade paperback original. Includes selections from over a half a century of his work. Translated from the Japanese by Cid Corman, with Susumu Kamaike. Introduction by Corman, in which he comments "There is scarcely a child in Japan unfamiliar with Kusano's frogs. And of course, no adult." Their trills, transcribed and fancifully translated by the poet into frog soliloquies, dirges, and celebrations are, says Corman, "figures of nature--in its largest sense--and of absolute innocence ... . They mock our pretensions but share them too - gently." 54 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81241
- Title
- ASKING MYSELF, ANSWERING MYSELF.
- Author
- Kusano, Shimpei (1903-1988). Translated by Cid Corman, with Susumu Kamaike
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (crease to lower corner of one page).
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0811208877
- ISBN 13
- 9780811208871
- Publisher
- New Directions,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1984)
- Keywords
- japanese, asian, literature in translation,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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