The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics)
In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the...
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In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He wrote of the seasons changing
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 167
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Literature,
Cultural,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Asian Literature,
Poetry,
Japan,
Buddhism,
Japanese Literature
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