{"product_id":"chronicle-of-drifting-paperback","title":"Chronicle of Drifting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYuki Tanaka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Drifting\u003c\/i\u003e enacts a restless quest for belonging, interweaving dreamlike imagery and Japanese lyricism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuki Tanaka's stunning debut, \u003cem\u003eChronicle of Drifting\u003c\/em\u003e, explores rootlessness, its beauty and perils. Tanaka's restless imagination roams among places and personae--a village mermaid, a geisha in the Midwest, a fl?neur in Tokyo--searching for a permanent self and a sense of community. In the feverish world of these poems, inspired by the Japanese tradition of tanka and haiku, as well as by timeless surrealism, one meets a light-lashed horse, an imaginary chauffeur, an out-of-business psychic, a girl who skewers a fish with a flower stalk. In poems ranging from lyric to prose, Tanaka creates a poignant dreamlike realm where the inner and outer worlds, the self and others, merge--like the train passenger who, looking out the window and seeing the sky through his reflection, feels \"empty, a blue outline.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuki Tanaka\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised on a small\u003cbr\u003eisland in Yamaguchi, Japan. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, The\u003cbr\u003eNew Republic, The Paris Review, Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He has cotranslated, \u003cbr\u003ewith Mary Jo Bang, \u003ci\u003eA Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo\u003cbr\u003eTakiguchi, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Princeton University Press. He lives in Tokyo\u003cbr\u003eand teaches at Hosei University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353343607033,"sku":"9781556597053","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4yIroIL6H99781556597053.webp?v=1769824555","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/chronicle-of-drifting-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}