Travels with a Writing Brush (Discounted)

Name: Travels with a Writing Brush (Discounted)
Brand: Penguin Classics
Price: 9.95 USD
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Penguin Classics

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Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho, edited by Meredith McKinney / ISBN 9780143136309 / 350-page paperback / discounted copies, with a remainder mark and light shelf wear

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Discover a realm of travel writing undreamed of in the West--a richly literary tradition extending through a thousand years and more, whose individual works together weave a dense and beautiful brocade of repeated patterns and motifs, tones, and textures. Here are asobi, the wandering performers who prefigured geisha; traveling monks who sleep on pillows of grass and listen to the autumnal insects; and a young girl who passionately longs to travel to the capital and read more stories. Taking in songs, dramas, tales, diaries and above all, poetry, this wonderful anthology roams over mountains and along perilous shores to show how profoundly travel inspired the Japanese imagination.

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