{"product_id":"angel-at-the-earths-extreme-collected-poems","title":"Angel At The EarthS Extreme: Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Intensely Confessional Work Of JapanS Most Famous Modernist Poet, Considered The Japanese Rimbaud, Whose Poems Have Inspired Cultlike DevotionEspecially Among Fans Of The Hit Anime Show Bungo Stray DogsIn A Brilliant New Translation, The Most Comprehensive In Englisha Penguin Classicnakahara Chya Lived Only To Age Thirty Yet Ranks Among The Finest Of Japanese Poets, Evoking In His Work The Alienation, Ennui, And Romantic Melancholy Of A Changing World. An Introspective, Sensitive Writer And EarlyTwentiethCentury Contemporary Of Natsume Sseki, JunIchir Tanizaki, And Osamu Dazai, He Chronicled In His Poems A Life Of Personal And Political Upheaval: His Lover Left Him For His Most Trusted Friend, His First Son Died At Age Two, His Country Hovered On The Precipice Of War, And His Own Tremendous Promise Was Cut Short By Illness.This Edition Is By Far The Largest Collection In English Of ChyaS Poetry, Containing Unabridged Translations Of The Two Books Chya Completed In His LifetimeSongs Of The Goat And Songs Of Days That WerePlus Nearly One Hundred Additional Pages Of His Traditional Japanse Tanka Poems, Uncollected Poems, And Various Other Manuscripts, As Well As An Extensive Scholarly Introduction That Situates Chya Within His Historical Moment. It Captures In A Melodic New Translation The Beauty And Intimacy Of This Beloved PoetS Voice, Showing Why It Has Resonated With Readers For A Century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958292136181,"sku":"DADAX0143139177","price":23.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91eI0eRA3cL.jpg?v=1775570835","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/angel-at-the-earths-extreme-collected-poems","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}