Robert Epp Translator (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded. Navy cloth binding only slightly rubbed at spine ends, corners. No dj. ; B&w frontis photo; foreword by Donald Keene; intro, trans. from Japanese & notes by Robert Epp; this edition's dedication page reads: "These translations are for Erhardt H. Essig, understanding, caring, inspiring teacher"; half-title signed by translator. ; 8vo; 367 pages; Signed by Translator.

Couverture souple. Condition: As new. Published in association with the Center for Japanese Studies University of Michigan. Japanese-English bilingual. 272 pp. 15x23 cm. Translated from the Japanese by Robert Epp. Selected for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. Winner of the Yomiuri Prize in 1966. Kinoshita Yuji (1903-1965)was born in the small provincial town of Miyuki, near Hiroshima, where he worked for many years as a pharmacist, despite an early passion for French literature. A perfectionist who wrote fewer than 400 poems, his crisp, vivid imagery often expresses the tension between his rural life and his urge to be a sophisticated modern and urban poet. Preface by Ooka Makoto.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 96 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 279 pages including chronology,notes on the poems and indexes. Fine, as new condition without a dustjacket, as issued. SIGNED and inscribed by the translator. Scarce. Photos provided upon request.