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A review by qomareads
Killing Kanoko / Wild Grass on the Riverbank by Hiromi Itō
4.0
Even if you don’t understand the poems, this book throughly discussed each of it and associated it with the author experienced at that time of her life.
Reading the translator’s introduction feels like reading a summary of this book. It’s rich, bizarre, poetic, lyrical and deep. I’m glad everything comes with an explanation so the readers won’t be left alone to wonder and question it. Sometimes it does feel good when you know exactly what you’re reading as what most poems do where it’s up to the readers interpretation instead.
Reading the translator’s introduction feels like reading a summary of this book. It’s rich, bizarre, poetic, lyrical and deep. I’m glad everything comes with an explanation so the readers won’t be left alone to wonder and question it. Sometimes it does feel good when you know exactly what you’re reading as what most poems do where it’s up to the readers interpretation instead.