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PublisherStonebridge Press

ISBN-101611720788

ISBN-139781611720785

eBay Product ID (ePID)12057247042

Product Key Features

Book TitleBridge of Words : Views Across America and Japan

Number of Pages324 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicPersonal Memoirs, United States / General, Essays

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections, History

AuthorHiroaki Sato

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2023-279922

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"Japan Times and Mainichi Daily News columnist, Hiroaki Sato, has left us with a thought provoking, educational and entertaining anthology of his columns, ranging from 1984 to 2017." --Paul de Vries, Japan Forward "These pieces, most of which appeared originally as columns in the Mainichi Daily News and the Japan Times, have a conversational informality that allows for unexpected digressions and interjections. "I am prejudiced against golfing courses and golf courses," he announces, and explains why. He quotes a scientist's argument for limiting wild geese populations-- "When you see geese, they're eating or they're defecating"-- and immediately responds: "Isn't that what we human beings do as well, too well?" The back and forth is continual, and continually energizing." --Geoffrey O'Brien, review of On Haiku "Sato's extraordinary collection of essays is at once a literary history, a scrupulous examination of the vicissitudes of translation, a discussion of haiku in America, and a series of introductions to lesser- known masters. Sato conveys encyclopedic knowledge in a lively, modest, occasionally self-deprecating tone, busting myths along the way. An expert illumination of a poetic form, to read and reread."--Michael Autrey, Booklist (starred) of 47 Samurai "Over the last four decades, English-speaking aficionados of modern Japanese literature have delighted in the numerous translations, both of prose and poetry, undertaken by the masterful hand of translator, essayist, and poet Hiroaki Sato."----Meera Viswanatha, "Sato skewers the world's received ideas about Japan with glee, irony and humor, not sparing Japan's shibboleths about itself. A thought-provoking read from a perceptive poet." -- Liza Dalby, anthropologist, author, and scroll-mounter Review for On Haiku "Sato's extraordinary collection of essays is at once a literary history, a scrupulous examination of the vicissitudes of translation, a discussion of haiku in America, and a series of introductions to lesser- known masters. Sato conveys encyclopedic knowledge in a lively, modest, occasionally self-deprecating tone, busting myths along the way. An expert illumination of a poetic form, to read and reread." -- Michael Autrey, Booklist (starred) Review for Forty-Seven Samurai "Over the last four decades, English-speaking aficionados of modern Japanese literature have delighted in the numerous translations, both of prose and poetry, undertaken by the masterful hand of translator, essayist, and poet Hiroaki Sato." -- Meera Viswanatha, " Japan Times and Mainichi Daily News columnist, Hiroaki Sato, has left us with a thought provoking, educational and entertaining anthology of his columns, ranging from 1984 to 2017." -- Paul de Vries, Japan Forward "These pieces, most of which appeared originally as columns in the Mainichi Daily News and the Japan Times, have a conversational informality that allows for unexpected digressions and interjections. "I am prejudiced against golfing courses and golf courses," he announces, and explains why. He quotes a scientist's argument for limiting wild geese populations-- "When you see geese, they're eating or they're defecating"-- and immediately responds: "Isn't that what we human beings do as well, too well?" The back and forth is continual, and continually energizing." -- Geoffrey O'Brien

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Author's Note Part I: Wars & Consequences Part II: Birds and Animals Part III: Teachers and Friends Part IV: Talking about Books and Such

SynopsisProlific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry Hiroaki Sato recorded his thoughts on American society in mainly two columns across 30-plus years, collected here for the first time. This anthology of over 60 of Sato's commentaries reflect the writer's wide-ranging erudition and his unsentimental views of both his native Japan and his adopted American homeland. Broadly he looks at the Pacific War and its aftermath and at war (and our love of it) in general, at the quirks and curiosities of the natural world exhibited by birds and other creatures, at friends and mentors who surprised and inspired, and finally at other writers and their works, many of them familiar--the Beats and John Ashbery, for example, and Mishima--but many others whose introduction is welcome. Sato is neither cheerleader nor angry expatriate. Remarkably clear-eyed and engaged with American culture, he is in the business of critical appraisal and translation, of taking words seriously, and of observing how well others write and speak to convey their own truths and ambitions., Prolific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry Hiroaki Sato recorded his thoughts on American society in mainly two columns across 30-plus years, collected here for the first time. This anthology of over 60 of Sato's commentaries reflect the writer's wide-ranging erudition and his unsentimental views of both his native Japan and his adopted American homeland. Broadly he looks at the Pacific War and its aftermath and at war (and our love of it) in general, at the quirks and curiosities of the natural world exhibited by birds and other creatures, at friends and mentors who surprised and inspired, and finally at other writers and their works, many of them familiar-the Beats and John Ashbery, for example, and Mishima--but many others whose introduction is welcome. Sato is neither cheerleader nor angry expatriate. Remarkably clear-eyed and engaged with American culture, he is in the business of critical appraisal and translation, of taking words seriously, and of observing how well others write and speak to convey their own truths and ambitions.

LC Classification NumberE161