谷川俊太郎

This extensive selection of Tanikawa Shuntaro's poetry reflects the full depth and breadth of his work, from his appearance as a fresh new voice to the mastery of his later poetry. It traces his artistic development and his shift in focus from man's cosmic destiny to the pathos of everyday life and a more internalized struggle with the nature of human expression. Lovers of poetry will find the experience exhilarating. The only such collection in English, this volume will prove indispensable to students and scholars of Japanese literature, as it opens a valuable new perspective on postware Japanese literature. The Introduction clarifies the social and artistic background of Tanikawa's extraordinary work and career, illuminating major themes as his poetry evolves over time.

Poems 1952-2009

The Art of Being Alone

二十亿光年的孤独

Hiromi Kawakami

綿矢りさ

町田康

山田詠美

江國香織

角田光代

岩瀬成子

くどうなおこ

井上荒野

今江祥智

唯野未歩子

広瀬弦

谷川俊太郎、江國香織、川上弘美、角田光代らによる、佐野洋子『１００万回生きたねこ』への、１３人の作家によるトリビュート短篇集

１００万分の１回のねこ

Shuntarō Tanikawa

On Love, published in 1955 when Tanikawa was twenty-four, shows the poet engaging the world of our everyday lives. His earlier sense of the cosmic is not abandoned, but now he turns to love as one of the forces that makes the world go round. Billy the Kid, for instance, is here placed in the earlier context of Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude.

愛について

谷川俊太郎

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