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

3.0

I enjoyed it. The prose was a bit dry and flowery for my taste and I'm not equipped to comment on the actual Haiku, although some really transported me. Almost a third of the ones Basho included was by other poets, which I thought was strange. I got really curious about one of these poets towards the end of the book. Sora, Basho's travel companion. He seemed to have been a very dear friend...