Names and Rivers

A bilingual Japanese-English presentation of Shuri Kido’s
poetry, co-translated by Pulitzer prize-winner Forrest Gander

Shuri Kido, known as the “far north poet,” is one of the
most influential contemporary poets in Japan. Names and Rivers brings the poems
of Shuri Kido to readers in North America for the first time, thanks to star
translator team Tomoyuki Endo and Pulitzer Prize winner Forrest Gander. Drawing
influence from Japanese culture and geography, Buddhist teachings, and
modernist poets, Kido presents a mesmerizing view of the world and our human
position in it. This is a world “that isn’t ours”-where the trees are sirens
while the people are silent, where snow lingers while language crumbles. Names
and Rivers is made of crossings, questionings, and mysteries as unanswered and
open as the sky. Bilingual Japanese-English production.

Author: Shuri Kido
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 09/20/2022
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781556596612
Language: English