{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-chika-sagawa-paperback","title":"The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChika Sagawa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSawako Nakayasu\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSawako Nakayasu\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation - The electrifying collected works of \"one of the most innovative and prominent avant-garde poets in early twentieth-century Japan\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by and with an introduction by Sawako Nakayasu\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreams are severed fruit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuburn pears have fallen in the field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParsley blooms on the plate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSometimes the leghorn appears to have six toes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI crack an egg and the moon comes out\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn important and daringly experimental voice in Tokyo's avant-garde poetry scene, Chika Sagawa broke with the gender-bound traditions of Japanese poetry and became Japan's first female Modernist poet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSagawa's poems and prose in this stunning collection explore death and rebirth, the ephemerality of human life and the timeless wonders of nature. Combining striking, unique imagery with Western influences, these short, sharp, surreal works paint a vibrant picture of a world just out of reach of our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAMERICAN INDIAN STORIES - THE AWAKENING - THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY - THE HEADS OF CERBERUS - LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET - LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS - PASSING - THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER - THERE IS CONFUSION - THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN - VILLETTE\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChika Sagawa\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-1936) was born in Hokkaido, Japan. In 1928 she moved to Tokyo and quickly integrated into the literary avant-garde community, publishing her work frequently in the influential journal \u003ci\u003eShi to Shiron. \u003c\/i\u003eShe died of stomach cancer at the age of twenty-four. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSawako Nakayasu\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Japan and raised in the US, and has also lived in France and China along the way. Her most recent books are\u003ci\u003e The Ants\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Figues Press, 2014), and\u003ci\u003e Texture Notes\u003c\/i\u003e (Letter Machine, 2010), and recent translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poems of Sagawa Chika \u003c\/i\u003e(Canarium Books, 2015), and Tatsumi Hijikata's \u003ci\u003eCostume en Face\u003c\/i\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015). Her translation of Takashi Hiraide's \u003ci\u003eFor the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions, 2008) received the 2009 Best Translated Book Award from Three Percent. She has received fellowships from the NEA and PEN, and her own work has been translated into Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese. Sawako Nakayasu currently teaches at Brown University in the Department of Literary Arts.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410793337069,"sku":"9780593230015","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-chika-sagawa-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}