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Lute and Scimitar
Achmed Abdullah
Paperback - $27.95
This work contains poems and ballads of Central Asia translated out of the Afghan, the Persian, the Turkoman, the Tarantchi, the Bokharan, the Balochi, and the Tartar tongues, together with an introduction and historical and philological annotations.
A Haiku Menagerie : Living Creatures in Poems and Prints
Stephen Addiss
Hardcover - $26.95
A furry, feathery, and scaly menagerie of creatures large and small captured in over forty-eight paintings and one hundered twenty haiku-- with the delicacy, charm, and wisdom of the best of Japanese literature and art.
Haiku Humor : Wit and Folly in Japanese Poems and Prints
Stephen Addiss
Paperback - $23.95
Humor has long been a lively element in traditional Japanese culture. Through parody, satire, personification, and wit, Japanese humor has a playful, subtle, and incongruous nature. Here, the benign and gentle quality of Japanese humor is presented t ...
The Eye of an Ant : Persian Proverbs & Poems Rendered Into English Verse
Fatollah Akbar
Paperback - $21.95
"The Eye Of An Ant" is a collection of 282 Persian proverbs and poems translated into English rhyme by Fatollah Akbar. The original Persian is included below the English to identify the original.
River of Stars : Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko
Yosano Akiko
Paperback - $24.95
One of the most famous Japanese writers of the 20th century, Yosano Akiko is the author of more than 75 books. Although probably best known for her exquisite erotic poetry, Akiko's work also championed the causes of feminism, pacifism, and social ref ...
The Country Without a Post Office : Poems
Agha Shahid Ali
Paperback - $19.95
"Combining humane elegance and moral passion, (Agha Shahid) Ali speaks for Kashmir in a large, generous, compassionate, powerful and urgent voice. . . . Few poets in this country have such a voice or such a topic".--Hayden Carruth. "Extraordinary for ...
Erotic Love Poems from India : Selections from the Amarushataka
Amaru
Hardcover - $27.95
Graceful and yet remarkably playful, intensely passionate, and at times hinting of divine transcendence, the poems translated here offer poignant glimpses into the many faces of erotic love. This collection, known in Sanskrit as the Amarushataka ("On ...
Death is Also Blue
Soheila Amirsoleimani
Paperback - $25.95
Persian language poetry collection by professor of Persian literature at University of Utah.
