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by: Gary Snyder
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9781593760151
ISBN: 1593760159
Label: Shoemaker & Hoard
Manufacturer: Shoemaker & Hoard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: December 01, 2003
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
Sales Rank: 282740
Studio: Shoemaker & Hoard
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Forty-five years ago, Gary Snyder’s first book of poems, Riprap, was published by Origin Press in a beautiful paperbound edition stitched Japanese-style. Around that time Snyder published his translations of Chinese poet Han-Shan’s Cold Mountain Poems in the sixth issue of the “Evergreen Review.” Thus was launched one of the most remarkable literary careers of the last century. It is a great gift for all readers to now have this seminal collection back in print.
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Rating: - Shi-de, Han Shan et al
Each man sweeps the things he hates
Into the neighboring room;
The coward does it with a sword,
The brave man with a broom.
Rating:  - RipRap is BoneandMarrow
These are poems of rock and stone, of bone and marrow. Snyder has great eye-mind coordination. Rip-Rap will not be lost in the clutter of time. Read and be changed.
Rating: - Cold Mountain like Shakuhachi
The great thing about Cold Mountain is that he is transparent to translators. Arguing the merits of one Cold Mountain translation against another is like comparing a Gudo Ishibashi 2.8 shakuhachi to a 2.9 Mujitsu shakuhachi by Ken LaCosse. Both flutes will get you "there." But the journey will be different.
The same is true of Cold Mountain. Snyder is as good as Watson is a good as Red Pine is as good as Henricks.
Or like Dogen translations...
why sink a straw that floats on the ... Read More
Rating: - "Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup."
Amidst the poetry of the Sixties, Gary Snyder's early poems stood out as something very special, and are still very special. In contrast to the obscure and convoluted writings of an assortment of neurasthenic, super-sophisticated, and compulsive scribblers, types so totally and utterly wrapped up in themselves that they completely overlooked that insignificant thing hovering outside their window (ordinary folks call it the universe), and whose work goes unread because it is largely unreadable, ... Read More
Rating: - The book contains good early Snyder poems and fine translati
This book passes the test of time because of its taut poetry and insight into the link between Sndyer's environment in the Pacific Northwest and his inner landscape. The second part of the book is priceless. Snyder's Zen practice and skill as a writer and linguist make him eminently qualified to translate the words of the reclusive poet Han-Shan, whose poems ring true today. I have read other translations of Han-Shan but Snyder's is the best. Its paradoxes move us in our modern times just as they ... Read More
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