The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Matsuo Bashō with Nobuyuki Yuasa (Translator)

167 pages first pub 1702 (editions)

nonfiction poetry travel adventurous reflective relaxing slow-paced
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In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and ...

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