Salad Anniversary
Pushkin Press · Paperback · May 7, 2019
Machi Tawara's first book of poems, Salad Annivsersary, combines the classical 'tanka' form with the subject of a modern love affair.
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- Who it’s for
- Modern love meets a classical Japanese form in a brief, vivid collection of poems.
- Themes
- Modern love affair
- Genres
- Japanese Poetry, Love Poetry
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Machi Tawara's first book of poems, Salad Annivsersary, combines the classical 'tanka' form with the subject of a modern love affair. It became a sensation, selling over 2 million copies - and the 'salad phenomenon' in Japanese culture was comparable to the 'bananamania' that followed publication of the first novel by Tawara's contemporary Banana Yoshimoto.
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Contains 15 poems: 'August Morning' 'Baseball Game' 'Morning Necktie' 'I Am the Wind' 'Summertime Ship' 'Wake-up Call' 'Hashimoto High School' 'Pretending to Wait for Someone' 'Salad Anniversary' 'Twilight Alley' 'My Bisymmetrical Self' 'So, Good Luck' 'Jazz Concert' 'Backstreet Cat' 'Always American' Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.
Love in Tanka
Modern love meets a classical Japanese form in a brief, vivid collection of poems.
Come here for
- The tension between classical form and modern romance
- A compact set of 15 poems with varied titles and glimpses
Expect
- Tanka poems centered on a modern love affair
- A collection that invites attention to form and feeling
Where it sits
| Japanese Poetry | 99% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 83% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Japanese Literary Collections
- Japanese Literary Criticism
- Japanese Poetry
- Authors
- Machi Tawara
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Published
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Modern love affair
- Reading lane
- Japanese Literary Collections