The Ink Dark Moon - Izumi Shikibu, Ono no Komachi

Brand: Vintage Classics | Status: Còn hàng

400.000₫

"At last a book that celebrates those two iconic poets of the Heian period. The wonderful, passionate, poignant poetry of IZUMI SHIKIBU and Ono no Konachi, both devotees of Love and a masters of tanka, strangely resonate with our modern sensibilities and will no doubt transport your soul. A thousand years have passed but our hearts swell just the same at the evocation of their longing. The second part of the book details the work of the translator and the challenges inherent to transposing such ancient texts into modern language. An absolute tour de force." - Amazon Customer Reviews

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Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate from a time in Japanese history where aristocratic women of the Heian court were free to marry and conduct love affairs according to their desires. Education and refinement were so highly valued that the courtly manner of expressing oneself, whether to give condolences for a death, to send back a forgotten fan, or to heighten the anticipation of a lover's visit, was with a poem of just five lines. A convention of secrecy surrounding love affairs fills these verses with palpable emotion.

These vivid and erotic poems express love in all its forms, and do so with amazing economy of words, unforgettable imagery and breath-taking modernity.

INTRODUCED BY NIKITA GILL

'They are full of dreams, of autumns, of lovers known or not yet met, of desire, wonderment, loneliness' Irish Times

Editor Jane Hirschfield and translator Mariko Aratani have created an edition that brings the story of the poems to life with a detailed introduction and notes on the translation.