Grass on the wayside (Michikusa): A novel (UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series)

by Soseki Natsume

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Vincent W
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A poetic novel. A painter decides to rest a while in a mountain inn. Along with his wandering the roads and encountering other people and situations, the poetry emerges from all little things and the thoughts colors of the world the narrator observes and describes sometimes with little irony and humour, are handled, manipulated, replaced, ... I really have pleasure reading this book, in which you can discover another symbolist way of writting poetry, induced by the traditional Japanese haiku...

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