For The Fighting Spirit Of The Walnut
by Takashi Hiraide
Translated from Japanese by Sawako Nakayasu
The radiant subway. The wall that clears up, endless. A thundering prayer of steel that fastens together the days, a brush of cloud hanging upon it, O beginning, it is there—your nest. Thus the keynotes of Hiraide’s utterly original book-length poem unfold—a mix of narrative, autobiography, minute scientific observations, poetics, rhetorical experiments, hyper-realistic images, and playful linguistic subversions—all scored with the precision of a mathematical-musical structure.
Paperback(published June 1, 2008)
- ISBN
- 9780811217484
- Price US
- 17.95
- Price CN
- 20
- Trim Size
- 7x7
- Page Count
- 144