Narrow Road to the Deep North & Other Travel Sketches

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Basho's beautifully-written and closely observed descriptions of his travels in Japan

In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He wrote of the seasons changing, of the smell of the rain, the brightness of the moon and the beauty of the waterfall, through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These travel writings not only chronicle Basho's perilous journeys through Japan, but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780140441857
Published: March 2005

Number of pages: 176
Width: 128 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 10 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd