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Responses Magnetic
ISBN: 9780942668483 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Black Flower in the Sky: Poems of a Korean Bridegroom in Hiroshima
ISBN: 9780942668551 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Korean by Naoshi Koriyama and Elizabeth Ogata. Chong, one of South Korea's most famous poets, has received all the major literary awards of his country. Take two newly-wed Koreans surprised by war, carried off, one as a comfort woman, one as a factory slave. Let them find each other in Hiroshima just before the bomb drops. Let the man devote himself to the care of a woman blinded by that sudden glare. And you have a marvel of a book.
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Korean by Naoshi Koriyama and Elizabeth Ogata. Chong, one of South Korea's most famous poets, has received ...
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On Love
ISBN: 9780942668629 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On Love, published in 1955 when Tanikawa was twenty-four, shows the poet engaging the world of our everyday lives. His earlier sense of the cosmic is not abandoned, but now he turns to love as one of the forces that makes the world go round. Billy the Kid, for instance, is here placed in the earlier context of Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude.
On Love, published in 1955 when Tanikawa was twenty-four, shows the poet engaging the world of our everyday lives. His earlier sense of the cosmic is ...
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Songs of the Last Chinese Poet
ISBN: 9780958652643 / Angielski / Miękka / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!
ISBN: 9780974261805 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! is a book of many faces.
First, it is a book of translated haiku and contains over 900 of these short Japanese poems in the original (smoothly inserted in the main body),with phonetic and literal renditions, as well as the authors English translations and explanations. All but a dozen or two of the haiku are translated for the first time. There is an index of poets, poems and a bibliography. Second, it is a book of sea slug haiku, for all of the poems are about holothurians, which scientists prefer to call sea cucumbers. (The word cucumber is long for haiku and... Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! is a book of many faces.
First, it is a book of translated haiku and contains over 900 of these short Japanese poems in the ori... |
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The Distant Hills
ISBN: 9781403328489 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Indian Poetry
ISBN: 9781406712193 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains a selection of Indian poetry masterfully translated by the great English poet Edwin Arnold. This rare classic of beautiful Indian poetry is a must-have for any enthusiasts of worldly poesy and constitutes a worthy selection for any library. Originally published in 1886, this rare text has been chosen because of its cultural and historical value, and is proudly republished here with a new introductory biography of the author. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) was an English journalist, and poet, most famous for his seminal work, The Light of Asia (1879).
This book contains a selection of Indian poetry masterfully translated by the great English poet Edwin Arnold. This rare classic of beautiful Indian p...
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Twenty Five Chinese Poems
ISBN: 9781406788013 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1910. Contents Include: The Wind and the Willow - A Night in Spring - A Vigil - A Walk by the River at Night - Grief - Cherry-Flowers - The End of the Spring - The Cottage - By the Sea - Hot Silence - The Chess-Party - The Nightingale - A Singing-Girl - The Friendly Lamp - The End of the Summer - Content - The Pagoda - Moonrise - Autumn Melancholy - The Mountain Shadow - The Old Fisherman - A Rough Sea - A Winters Night - In the Field - Old Many Battled Sea - Epilogue
Originally published in 1910. Contents Include: The Wind and the Willow - A Night in Spring - A Vigil - A Walk by the River at Night - Grief - Cherry-...
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A Brief Candle
ISBN: 9781411604810 / Angielski / Miękka / 115 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poetry in Japanese language and English translations of them
Poetry in Japanese language and English translations of them
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Elysium: A Collection of Haiku and Senryu
ISBN: 9781411664746 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elysium is a collection of 240 haiku and senryu. I have tried to capture the simplicity, depth and beauty of certain moments in those poems.
Elysium is a collection of 240 haiku and senryu. I have tried to capture the simplicity, depth and beauty of certain moments in those poems.
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Khalish: An Anthology of Urdu Couplets
ISBN: 9781425940218 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Khalish is essentially the soul of the author and sets out the thoughts and imaginations of this great urdu poet from India -Khalish Dehlavi. It is laid out as a series of urdu couplets ( also in Devnagri script ) and provides an English translation of each couplet so that readers, particularly in Europe and the US, who may not be familiar with urdu or devnagri script may also share and enjoy the author's thoughts and feelings.
Khalish is essentially the soul of the author and sets out the thoughts and imaginations of this great urdu poet from India -Khalish Dehlavi. It is la...
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Khalish: An Anthology of Urdu Couplets
ISBN: 9781425940225 / Wielojęzykowe / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Khalish is essentially the soul of the author and sets out the thoughts and imaginations of this great urdu poet from India -Khalish Dehlavi. It is laid out as a series of urdu couplets ( also in Devnagri script ) and provides an English translation of each couplet so that readers, particularly in Europe and the US, who may not be familiar with urdu or devnagri script may also share and enjoy the author's thoughts and feelings.
Khalish is essentially the soul of the author and sets out the thoughts and imaginations of this great urdu poet from India -Khalish Dehlavi. It is la...
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Rubai'yat of Josh Malihabadi: A Drop and the Ocean
ISBN: 9781425959449 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. L ike a damsel whose heart is difficult to win Ruba'yee is a unique genre of Oriental Poetry. Not many poets have tried their hand on it. Josh Malihabadi is an undisputed king of Rubai'yat in the Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent. He has tamed the wild genre of Ruba'yee and used it to express his illuminating philosophic thoughts about anguish, pains, deprivations and vulnerability of life, social behaviour, love, beauty, solitude, courage, contentment, power, wisdom, expression, superstitions, irrational beliefs, spiritualism, religious paradoxes and values of life.
L ike a damsel whose heart is difficult to win Ruba'yee is a unique genre of Oriental Poetry. Not many poets have tried their hand on it. Josh Malihab...
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The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
ISBN: 9781556591402 / Angielski / Miękka / 309 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Zen-Taoist poetry classic, in a handsome Chinese-English format This definitive translation of Han Shan s poetry appears in a bilingual Chinese-English format. Included are extensive notes, a preface by renowned translator Red Pine, a findings list, and photographs of the cave and surrounding area where Han Shan ( Cold Mountain ) lived. Cold Mountain is one of the most revered poets in China. He was a Taoist/Buddhist hermit who begged for food at temples, often sang and drank with cowherds, and became an immortal figure in the history of Chinese literature and Zen. His poems were... A Zen-Taoist poetry classic, in a handsome Chinese-English format This definitive translation of Han Shan s poetry appears in a bilingual Chinese... |
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Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong
ISBN: 9781556591488 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featured on NPR's "Fresh Air" "Sometimes books really do change the world... This one will set in motion a project that may transform Vietnamese culture.""Utne Reader" Ho Xuan Huongwhose name translates as "Spring Essence"is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine, she became renowned for her poetic skills, writing subtly risque poems which used double entendre and sexual innuendo as a vehicle for social, religious, and political commentary. The publication of "Spring Essence" is a major historical and cultural event. It features a "tri-graphic"... Featured on NPR's "Fresh Air" "Sometimes books really do change the world... This one will set in motion a project that may transform Vietnamese ... |
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Quartet of Joy: Poems
ISBN: 9781557284877 / Angielski / Twarda / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Matar's Quartet of Joy is a multilayered poetic composition in four elemental keys: earth, fire, water, and air. While exemplifying Egyptian ethos, the poems also evoke African landscapes, ancient Greek philosophy, Bedouin culture, Islamic folk rituals, classical Arabian verse, Koranic citations, and Sufi aphorisms to create a lyrical arabesque. The four sets of the volume create a musical structure that has the intimacy and the gracefulness of a quartet playing chamber music. The dazzling poetry is richly seeded with literary, political, and philosophical allusions. For the benefit of...
Matar's Quartet of Joy is a multilayered poetic composition in four elemental keys: earth, fire, water, and air. While exemplifying Egyptian ethos, th...
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Quartet of Joy: Poems
ISBN: 9781557284884 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Women Carry River Water: Poems
ISBN: 9781558490871 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bilingual in format, this work is a collection of poems by a Vietnamese writer of the post-1975 generation. The poems are rooted in a culture that honours place and respect to landscapes of the past, present and future with contemporary juxtapositions.
Bilingual in format, this work is a collection of poems by a Vietnamese writer of the post-1975 generation. The poems are rooted in a culture that hon...
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Recite in the Name of the Red Rose: Poetic Sacred Making in Twentieth-Century Iran
ISBN: 9781570036224 / Angielski / Twarda / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recite the Name of the Red Rose introduces Western readers to constructions of the sacred in twentieth-century Iranian poetry. Sifting through the lives and writings of modern and classical poets, Fatemeh Keshavarz provides a systematic examination of the array of religious impulses in recent Persian verse. Viewing poetry as the site of the emergence of the self and the sacred, she confirms that sanctification is not static in its forms but continuously in flux and that the poetic modes used to articulate the sanctified are equally fluid. Keshevarz begins by introducing the core concepts that...
Recite the Name of the Red Rose introduces Western readers to constructions of the sacred in twentieth-century Iranian poetry. Sifting through the liv...
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River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko
ISBN: 9781570621468 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, including twenty volumes of original poetry and the definitive translation into modern Japanese of the Tale of the Genji. Although probably best known for her exquisite erotic poetry, Akiko's work also championed the causes of feminism, pacifism, and social reform. Akiko's poetry is profoundly direct, often passionate, exposing the complexity of everyday emotions in poetic language stripped of artifice and presenting the full breadth of her poetic...
Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, inclu...
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