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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ReplyDeleteBlack thrushes in.... wonderful. This is a fine collection.
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