Thursday, March 27, 2008

Ban'ya Natsuishi: Earth Pilgrimage

The latest collection by Ban'ya Natsuishi to come my way is EARTH PILGRIMAGE.

The text is in Japanese, English (translations by the author and Jim Kacian) and Italian (translations by Luca Toma). There is a preface by Julius Franzot and a postcript by Giorgio Gazzolo, both in Italian but without an English translation.

My favourites from the collection are:

Scattered here and there
on the ground of an island
the elements for life

On the pitch-black
horizon
the shark's bride

Searching for
the 13th floor
New York evening

Black thrushes in a squabble—
this wall lasting
two thousand years

A church on the rooftop
the memory of blood
not yet restored

BAN'YA NATSUISHI: EARTH PILGRIMAGE / PELEGRINAGGIO TERRESTRE
Albalibri Editore
Via Sesto S. Giovanni 31,
20126 Milano
Italy

ISBN 88 89618 52 3
ISBN 978 88 89618 52 3
€10
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2 comments:

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  2. Black thrushes in.... wonderful. This is a fine collection.

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