{"product_id":"chronicle-of-drifting","title":"Chronicle of Drifting","description":"\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 flâneur 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\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1556597053\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781556597053\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Tanaka, Yuki\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2025)","offer_id":46080765329605,"sku":"9781556597053","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781556597053.jpg?v=1776040148","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/chronicle-of-drifting","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}