A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi - Paperback

$21.55

A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi - Paperback

Name: A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi - Paperback
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by Shuzo Takiguchi

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The first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English

In 1923, Shuzo Takiguchi's first year at Tokyo's Keio University was cut short by the Great Kanto Earthquake, which nearly destroyed the Japanese capital. When he returned to school two years later, he was hit by a second earthquake--French Surrealism. Takiguchi (1903-1979) began to write surrealist poems, translate surrealist writers, curate exhibitions of surrealist art, write art criticism, and, later, paint, helping introduce Surrealism to Japan. He eventually became a major Japanese artistic and cultural figure whose collected works number fourteen volumes. In A Kiss for the Absolute, Mary Jo Bang, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and her fellow poet and translator Yuki Tanaka present the first collection in English of Takiguchi's ingenious, playful, and erotic poems, complete with an introduction and the original Japanese texts on facing pages. Takiguchi's obvious interest in style is perfectly wed to his daredevil rhetorical antics. His poems read as if they could have been written today, yet they are so original that they couldn't have been written by anyone else. Bang and Tanaka's skillful, colloquial translations offer English readers a long-overdue introduction to this important poet.

ISBN	9780691263885
Author	Shuzo Takiguchi
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	November 2024
Language	ENG- English
Pages	218
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print