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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463033203321

Autore

Takahashi Mutsuo <1937->

Titolo

Twelve views from the distance [[electronic resource] /] / Mutsuo Takahashi ; translated by Jeffrey Angles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4529-4815-1

0-8166-8281-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AnglesJeffrey <1971->

Disciplina

895.6/15

B

Soggetti

Poets, Japanese - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

From one of the foremost poets in contemporary Japan comes this entrancing memoir that traces a boy's childhood and its intersection with the rise of the Japanese empire and World War II. Originally published in 1970, this translation is the first available in English.In twelve chapters that visit and revisit critical points in his boyhood, Twelve Views from the Distance presents a vanished time and place through the eyes of an accomplished poet. Recounting memories from his youth, Mutsuo Takahashi captures the full range of his internal life as a boy, shifting between hi