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Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885) wrote L'Homme Qui Rit (The Man Who Laughs) in 1869. One of the greatest French novelists, poets, playwrights and socio-political figures of his time, he is probably best known for having written Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1831) and Les Misérables (1862), but The Man Who Laughs is a romantic masterpiece that deserves an equal measure of acclaim. The incredible love story of the man whose face has been disfigured into a laughing mask in childhood, the loyal blind girl who gives him her heart, and the cruelty of the privileged aristocracy whose laughingstock and savior he becomes, is remarkable in its emotional impact. But do not be deceived. The timeless trope of Beauty and the Beast is redefined here, for surfaces are misleading, and not everything is as it seems. The slow-paced, stately richness of descriptive detail is reward in itself for the reader looking for delicious immersion in the drama of history, but coupled with the depth of human insight, and the glimpse into a historical era and mindset, this is a timeless classic.
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Ursus and Homo were fast friends. Ursus was a man, Homo a wolf. Their dispositions tallied. It was the man who had christened the wolf: probably he had also chosen his own name. Having found Ursus fit for himself, he had found Homo fit for the beast. Man and wolf turned their partnership to account at fairs, at village fêtes, at the corners of streets where passers-by throng, and out of the need which people seem to feel everywhere to listen to idle gossip and to buy quack medicine.
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Timeless classic..........2007-09-21
I read this book as a teenager, along with "Toilers of the Sea," Ninety Three" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame."
I have re-read only "Toilers of the Sea" and found it as riveting now as were all of Hugo's book then. I can't imagine a library system not containing these timeless classics or their being out of print.
Everybody Hates Hugo.......2006-09-29
I have now read four books by Victor Hugo. The Last Day Of A Condemned Man, Les Miserables, Hunchback of Notre Dame, and recently I finished The Man Who Laughs.
I will spare the usual props I throw Hugo's way about him being the greatest author and yada yada yada. Although, as far as classics are concerned, I was dissappointed to go to my local library and in the Hugo novel section there were only two books (and a small gap where Hunchback was). Walking over to the D's for Dickens. There were at least 50 books, multiple copies.
I love Dickens and Hugo, but I don't think Hugo gets near enough attention for the quality he puts out. Dickens can fill just as many pages as the French master, but it seems that the substance is lacking in comparison. What a shame. Does America hate the French that much?
The Man Who Laughs or By Order Of The King was a very fast read. Considering she was 550 pages, I made it through in a couple of weeks, which says a lot for me, I am extremely slow at reading. An excellent plot and a strong mystery involving many characters keeps you interested. If he were alive today, Hugo would no doubt be a writer on Lost. Although, as one reviewer noted with a bright red mark, that you don't find out the lead characters name till almost 200 pages into the book, I found the back story behind the character one of the most fascinating aspects of the book. Homo and Ursus, a mountebank and his aide/wolf introduce the book, and shortly you are introduced to a group of strangers who abandon a boy on a shore. First it follows the boat and its destination then it retraces its steps and tells the story of this boy.
Many lengthy passages are devoted to writing about nobility and lands, and law officers of the day, and there's enough death and deceit and debauchery to keep you entertained (the seduction scene with Gwynplaine and the lady he is to be betrothed to is intense and hilarious). Hugo is still Hugo, and apparently this books was written while he was in exile. So there aren't the usual 30 page essays in the midst of his tales, but it's just a wonderful story.
The ending of Hugo's books are something wonderful, and you can guess and you can guess, but you never can tell. I thought I had the ending figured out, but alas, I was wrong and it took me a good half an hour while the ending sank in.
I think my favorite book of Hugo's so far has been Hunchback, but this story does not dissappoint, and I recommend it over any Dickens or Hardy any day. It's twenty bucks for the paperback, forty for the hardback, but I'd say for anyone who likes a classic, it's worth the price.
One of the greatest novels ever written.......2006-07-21
The Man Who Laughs is even better than Hugo's better known Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A compelling plot filled with suspense and interesting characters, the novel deals with the most fundamental issues of humanity, including the nature of love, integrity, and justice, and integrates them superbly with the masterful plot.
The introduction by Shoshana Milgram is penetrating and thought-provoking.
Dear Fan of Hunchback and/or Les Miserables:.......2006-02-28
Do not be fooled by the fact that you have never heard of this book. Do not be put off by it, either.
I'm not going to say that The Man Who Laughs (TMWL) is better than either Hunchback or Les Mis, or worse than them--I find the question itself unnecessary. What TMWL is, is a tour de force by one of the best writers, ever. It features incredible characters (Gwynplain, Ursus and Barkelphedro are my favorites) in a fun little plot suffused with biting, acerbic running commentary throughout. Some complain at Hugo's moralizing--that the "essays" get in the way--myself, I find these asides to be so well-written (and so on-point) that I enjoy them just as much as when he's advancing the plot. But, I do understand that there are those who can't take very much political discussion....
In the end, it helps if you have something of a philosophical and/or political bent to get the maximum out of this great work, but even if you don't, the cast of characters will keep you entertained as is befitting such a collection of mountebanks. This work is particularly recommended to those familiar (or who would like to be familiar) with the works of Ayn Rand; she mentions this book in her writings, and it is plain to see how they reflect one another.
Years of pondering and sweet hallucinations!.......2005-12-02
This is Hugo's most complex and fascinating work. The plot itself is bizzare take on the Beauty and the Beast theme. He had already explored that theme in "Hunchback of Notre-Dame", and he revisited it, almost 40 years later. But, unlike in "Hunchback", where the beast remains lonely and unloved, the beast in "The Man Who Laughs" is in fact happily involved with his childhood sweetheart. Conveniently, she is blind, so she can't see his physical ugliness. Their platonic engagement goes on for years, until the appearance of a certain jaded duchess, who can see the deformed protagonist and still is attracted to him.
What surprised me is that Hugo went to such extent to research the lives of all 180+ peers who existed in England in the early 1700s, yet he gave such clumsy and unconvincing names to the main characters. I know that they are supposed to be memorable and exotic, but could they at least be English? Yes, I understand that Ursus (the main character's foster father) had a "mania for Latin names", so he called himself Ursus "bear", his dog Homo "man" and his adopted daughter Dea "goddess". Ursus is supposed to be an eccentric scholar. But why is the main character named Gwynplaine? What kind of a name is it? It sounds vaguely Welsh, but it doesn't appear as a legitimate name in any name directory. Same with Lord Linneas Clancharlie, Gwynplaine's biological father. Same with Gwynplaine's real name - Fermain. Oh, and don't forget Duchess Josiana (we know she's a duchess, but we don't know what estates she's a duchess of), and Lord David Dirry-Moir. I've never heard of those names until I read the novel. They sound artificial. Was this an oversight on Hugo's part? Or did he give such strange names to the main characters on purpose?
This book is not a summer read. Save it for a snowy January night, when you are stuck at home with a debilitating respiratory virus, when your fever is so high that reality and fantasy blur. Then you'll get the full effect. You'll experience something similar to what I experienced 12 years ago. I actually had a dream that I was Dea (the one of the female protagonists), freezing in the snow, and a courageous boy took me in his arms and rescued me.
"The Man Who Laughs" is like a dark, sweet, blood-chilling dream (think cherry liquor on rocks). I recommend that you also play some English baroque music in the background.
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The man who laughs: (L'homme qui rit) By order of the king
Victor Hugo
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Batman: The Man Who Laughs is a one-shot graphic novel by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke, released in February 2005, and intended as a sequel to Batman: Year One. It tells the story of Batman's first encounter with The Joker in post-Crisis continuity. The book is similar in format and cover typography to the famous 1988 one-shot Batman: The Killing Joke. Interestingly, despite being aimed as a sequel to Year One, it has at least one notable continuity error, contradicting Year One continuity- in that at the end of Miller's novel, Gordon talks to Batman about a psychopath (the Joker) threatening to poison the Gotham reservoir. However, in The Man Who Laughs, Batman works out that Joker intends to poison the reservoir at the end of the book, perhaps retconning the famous and epic end scene of Year One.
The title is a reference to the movie The Man Who Laughs, based on the book of the same name by Victor Hugo, which was an inspiration for The Joker.
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Finally coming back in print!.......2007-08-21
OK, I haven't actually read this book yet. I haven't been able to find it at an affordable price since it went it out of print. In spite of that, I can tell you that "The Man Who Laughs" has gotten nothing but great reviews everywhere that I've read about it. That's no surprise, considering it was written by the great Ed Brubaker. He's the current mastermind behind Captain America over at Marvel, which is one of the best runs of a comic I've ever read. It's a testament to Brubaker's work that Cap is a must-read for me each month, in spite of the title character being (for now, at least) dead!
I've read more than once that "The Man Who Laughs" is an excellent companion piece to Alan Moore's classic "The Killing Joke" (one of the best graphic novels ever, period). Thankfully, TKJ is coming back in print soon, and so is "The Man Who Laughs"! That's a good thing. Have you seen the prices some jokers (HA!) are asking for a used copy here? That's right... Starting at $159. GET REAL! I've seen copies go for around $40-$50 on a certain online auction bay, but even that's too much. DC is finally going to reissue this book in January of 2008 (no listing yet on Amazon), in hardcover. It will also include a story arc by Brubaker from Detective Comics that teams Batman with the original Green Lantern (Alan Scott). Best of all, it's gonna be $19.99 list price. Probably even less on Amazon. Woo-hoo!
Here's your chance to get both "The Killing Joke" and "The Man Who Laughs" at reasonable prices, just in time for The Dark Knight movie in summer of '08. Rumor has it that the script will be drawing from both TKJ and TMWL, so it oughta be great!
Maybe the guys selling their used copies will want to re-think those prices now. Otherwise, they'll all be known as "The Man Who's Laughed At." Oh wait, I already AM laughing... HAHAHAHA!!!
if you can find it, buy it!!!.......2007-03-03
i had to buy this off of ebay, hopefully they will re-release it when The Dark Knight movie comes out. it re-tells of the batman and the Joker's first meeting. I won't give any of the story away, but it is excellent to the very end, the artwork is awesome, and it truly portrays the totally insane unpreditable joker we all know and love, and just how useless batman is at trying to comprehend the jokers motives. the story takes place in the year one era. just after batman and the monster men.
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1915. With many anecdotes, letters, illustrations and more. Paine wrote fiction, humor, verse and edited several magazines, but his outstanding work was a three-volume biography of Mark Twain, with whom he lived and traveled for four years. Partial Contents: The Family of John Clemens; The New Home, and Uncle John Quarles's Farm; School; Education Out of School; Tom Sawyer and His Band; Closing Schooldays; The Apprentice; Orion's Paper; The Open Road; A Wind of Chance; The Long Way to Amazon; Renewing an Old Ambition; Learning the River; River Days; The Wreck of the Pennsylvania; The Pilot; The End of Piloting; The Soldier; The Miner; The Territorial Enterprise; Mark Twain; Artemus War and Literary San Francisco; The Discovery of the Jumping Frog; Beginning Tom Sawyer; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Working with Mark Twain; Living with Mark Twain; and The Close of a Great Life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.
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Arkham Asylum Living Hell # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (The Complete Limited Batman Series)
Dan Slott
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Arkham Asylum the complete Six part Limited Series. Includes Book One: Whole in the Head, Book Two: Bits and Pieces, Book Three: A Stitch in Time; Cracked Up, Book Four: Tic Toc, Book Five: Patterns, and Book Six: Rhyme and Reason. DC Comics 2003.
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Batman: Harley and Ivy Books # 1, 2 & 3 (The Complete 3 Part Limited Series!)
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Batman: Harley and Ivy. The complete three part Limited Series. DC Comics 2004. Includes Book One: Bosom Buddies, Book Two: Jungle Fever, and Book Three: Hooray for Harleywood!
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Batman: The Man Who Laughs
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HB NODJ, 1935, 1st edition, Interior Nice, Tight Clean some Fox & few tiny dog ear pgs & few tiny stains,
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Gotham Girls. The complete five part limited series. Includes Book One: Cat's Paw, Book Two: Ivy League, Book Three: I Carry A Badge, Book Four: HarleyQuinade and Book Five: Bat-Attitude. DC Comics 2002.
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The best-selling Sword & The Sorceress series continues with this thrilling 21st edition of all-original stories of action-packed adventure, ultimate magic, and fearsome, sword-wielding women by some of the best names in fantasy today.
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A venerable franchise makes a graceful exit.......2006-06-08
This is the twenty-first, and likely last, volume in this series, and it seems a shame to see it go, no matter whether a majority of the stories are my cup of tea or not. This is an above-average installment in terms of quality, with a few real standouts. "Spell of the Sparrow" has some interesting things to say about magic, and I couldn't help but find humor in the situation, intentional or not. "Child's Play" is strong, as one might expect from Friesner; and "Multiple Choice" is wonderfully duplicitous. "Oulu" is the best, in my opinion, with a twist that comes from nowhere (in this case, a good thing). "Love Potion #8 1/2," despite its terminally corny title, is a fitting bit of cleverness to end with. Granted, the collection has its usual share of perfunctory-seeming fragments and mood pieces that, taken by themselves, don't hold up so well, but the writing is, at worst, competent.
Chances are, you know going in whether you'll like it. It is, so to speak, more of the same, and I leave it to the individual consumer to decide whether that's good or bad. Suffice to say, I enjoyed it more than any of the other Sword and Sorceress outings I've read, and it's good to see that at least the franchise is going out on a high note.
The contents:
"Sword and Sorceress" by Jennifer G. Tifft: A poem celebrating the titular archetypes.
"Dawn and Dusk" by Dane Kramer-Rolls: Fleeing and uncaring home, a girl seeks shelter in a cottage and finds more than she bargained for.
"Spell of the Sparrow" by Jim C. Hines: If a wizard decides she wants your husband, is there anything you can do about it?
"The Woman's Place" by Susan Urbanek Linville: The matriarch of a clan of cavemen must provide for her people, but such duties require sacrifice.
"Kin" by Naomi Kritzer: A military wizard rescues an infant and finds herself remarkable suited to the ensuing responsibility.
"Child's Play" by Esther M. Friesner: Father and step-mother disagree over whether to accede to the king's interest in their unusually-talented child.
"Ursa" by Jenn Reese: A woman and her attendant bear spirit embark on a quest to save a child--but from what?
"Red Caramae" by Kit Wesler: Short mood piece about a swordswoman who seeks the instrument of her vengeance.
"Parri's Blade" by Cynthia McQuillin: A widow swipes her dead husband's dearest possession to bind his soul to earth forever.
"Necessity and the Mother" by Lee Martindale: Humorous, if unlikely, tale about the power of the free market.
"Sun Thief" by K. A. Laity: Ice people make their annual sacrifice to bring about the return of the sun; told from the sacrifice's point of view.
"Lostland" by Rosemary Edghill: Slightly confusing (purposely, no doubt) tale of a warrior searching for what she has lost, whatever it may be.
"Plowshares" by Rebecca Maines: A group of raiders aren't quite what they seem.
"Step By Step" by Catherine Soto: Story fragment about a groom who get the chance to prove herself as a swordswoman.
"Rose in Winter" by Marie M. Loughlin: A newly-minted young noble-woman must decide what sort of love will bring her true happiness.
"Kazhe's Blade" by Terry McGarry: A down-and-out warrior resists fulfilling the purpose for which she was trained.
"The Skin Trade" by Heather Rose Jones: A magical gift can be an invitation to exploitation, or a powerful bargaining chip.
"Multiple Choice" by Leslie Fish: A sorceress tries to divine the intentions of the dead wizard she's brought back.
"Oulu" by Aimee Kratts: A fortuneteller who wishes to retire may not be allowed to leave in peace. Probably the best story of the bunch.
"A Kind of Redemption" by John P. Buentello: A warrior could be at peace, if she could only remember what the wrong is that she must right.
"Journey's End" by Dorothy J. Heydt: A descent into the underworld.
"Love Potion #8 1/2" by Marilyn A. Racette: Such elixirs can be employed by the wise for other than their stated purpose.
A Pleasing Collection of Tales.......2005-02-08
The most recent incarnation of this perennial favorite continues the strong tradition of the Sword and Sorceress series. This anthology offers a wide variety of settings and magical systems that should meet any fantasy reader's desires. Those devoted to chicks in chain mail should take note, however; this particular volume is much more "soceress" than "sword."
The short stories that I found most memorable are: "Spell of the Sparrow" for its original magic system; "Child's Play" for its unanticipated ending; "Necessity and the Mother" for the on-target spoof of town governance; "Rose in Winter" for its haunting love story of wrong choices; and "Skin Trade" for its original magic.
Anyone who enjoys fantasy with strong heroines should find this a welcome addition of her library.
Another good anthology.......2005-01-29
This is another collection in the Sword and Sorcerers series of anthologies. For those who like fantasy, Diana L. Paxson has put together a collection of 22 short stories and one poem. These all involve women in various settings. Like most collections, you will find some that you favor over others. The last one in the collection ("Love Potion No. 8 1/2," by Marilyn A. Racette) reminds me of stories written by the late Dr. Asimov about a helpful demon that tried to please people (be careful what you wish for). A couple of the stories are a little surreal, and plots vary considerably although they are in the realm of fantasy. I particularly liked "Necessity and the Mother," by Lee Martindale, as it illustrates how politicians pass some ill conceived laws. I also especially liked "Child's Play", by Esther M. Freisner. It would be difficult to rate the others in order of preference.
Other short stories in the collection are "Dawn and Dusk," by Dana Kramer-Rolls; "Spell of the Sparrow," by Jim C. Hines; "The Woman's Place," by Susan Urbanek Linville; "Kin," by Naomi Kritzer; "Ursa," by Jenn Reese; "Red Caramae," by Kit Wesler; "Parri's Blade," by Cynthia McQuillin, "Sun Thief," by K. A. Laity, "Lostland," by Rosemary Edghill; "Plowshares," by Rebecca Maines, "Step by Step," by Catherine Soto; "Favor of the Goddess," by Lynn Morgan Rosser, "Rose in Winter," by Marie M. Longhin, "Kazhe's Blade," Terry McGarry, "The Skin Trade," by Heather Rose Jones, "Multiple Choice," by Leslie Fish, "Oulu," by Aimee Kratts, "A Kind of Redemption," by John P. Buentello, and "Journey's End," by Dorothy J. Heydt. The one two-page poem, "Sword and Sorceress," is by Jennifer G. Tifft.
The editor should be commended for putting together the anthology. She is correct that authors need outlets for their short stories, as most magazines only take about one or two percent of what is submitted, if that much, and it can be difficult finding a magazine to match a particular story.
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THE EPIC TALE OF A FAMILY OF GOD-BOTHERERS
His great-great-grandfather died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. He wasn't with custer though. He was holding a sprout-bake and tent meeting and went over to complain. His great-grandfather (also a sprout farmer and man of the cloth) always wore weighted shoes while in the pulpit to avoid any embarrassing levitations during moments of extreme rapture. His great-grandfather (also a sprout farmer and man of the cloth) always wore weighted shoes while in the pulpit to avoid any embarrassing levitations during moments of extreme rapture. his grandfather (lay preacher, taste for sprouts) spoke only in rhyming couplets and owned a pig called Belshazzar. His father (an elder in the Sacred Order of the Golden Sprout) practised body-modification in an attempt to win a bet with his brother (a monk). And then there was him.
Can this be Robert Rankin's autobiography? He swears that it isn't, but as a self-confessed teller of tall tales, whoever is going to believe him?
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sprout mask replica.......2005-09-05
genius!!!! i love this book, the way characters seem to know they are inside a book and reply to each others thoughts!!!!! pure comedy!!!
Rankin at his best.......2000-08-11
This is the best Rankin book - and one of the best humour books around. He combines his excellent jokes with a short piece at the beginning of the book that is one of the funniest things ever written - yes, you heard it. The overall standard of the book is high, however the plot is not too far above his average (if humourous) standards. Especially worthwhile for Rankin veterans, as large parts of the Sprout mythology are revealed X-Files style at the end of the book.
Truly, one of the best books ever.......1999-07-11
This is truly a marvelous book. It is full of the running gags, stupid puns, deranged descriptions and confused characters that are the hallmark of Mr. Rankin. In this book, Mr. Rankin takes over the world in a very nervous manner, with the help of his holy guardian sprout, Barry, who gets him in more trouble than he's worth.
Truly, one of the best books ever.......1999-07-11
This is truly a marvelous book. It is full of the running gags, stupid puns, deranged descriptions and confused characters that is the hallmark of Mr. Rankin. In this book, Mr. Rankin takes over the world in a very nervous manner, with the help of his holy guardian sprout, Barry, who gets him in more trouble than he's worth.
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What Words of Paradise did for Sufism and The Perfection of Wisdom for Buddhism, The Moon in the Pines does for Zen and the poetic form of haiku suffused with its spirit. In a spare three lines and seventeen syllables, the haiku--stylized, reflective, elliptical, often elegiac--isolates a mood, insight, or aspect of nature, subtly drawing the reader's own experience into complicity with the poet. For four hundred years its focused clarity has reflected the Zen desire to greet each moment of life with a "beginner's mind."
Here, illustrated with the finest of Japanese paintings are haikus from classical masters including Sokan, Chiyo-Ni, Soseki, and Basho, alongside some modern-day writers. Clustered around the themes of Dawn, Daylight, Dusk, and Moonlight, their meanings are amplified in end notes and an introduction on Zen and haiku. Jonathan Clements's expert new translations unlock a fresh spirituality that, proffering an instant evocation, invites a transcendent meditation. The Moon in the Pines is a lavish jewel of a gift book.
"Mouth agape
At falling flowers
A child is Buddha"
--Kubutsu
Customer Reviews:
Please Bring The Book Back!.......2005-01-29
The cover itself - so beautifully - lets the reader know the jewels to come. In a sparse, delicate writing style, these haiku take us through dawn to dusk.
The illustrations - wood block prints, scenes from painted folding screens - create a haiga in the mind.
If you can procure a copy, please do so. It will enrich your life immeasurably.
Beautiful.......2003-11-28
This book is beautiful not only for the wonderful poetry but also forthe wonderful artwork throughout. Here's one of my favorite haikus from the book:
A fallen flower
Flew back to its perch
A butterfly
Then on the opposing page there is a wonderful chinese painting of a butterfly amongst some flowers.
The haiku included here (and there are many!) are so beautiful, they make me slow down and breath when I read them. Here's another wonderful one:
Without a brush
The willow paints the wind.
Simply wonderful. This would make a fantastic gift for the nature lover or the lover of haiku.
Detachment? Well..........2002-05-11
Poetry is soppy, Zen is impractical and Orientals don't think or feel like the rest of mankind - three myths demolished in one elegant little book. Every poem breathes humanity and warmth, and the pictures complement them beautifully. A translator should above all respect and preserve the intent of the original author; Clements' fine, perceptive translations allow the underlying emotions and sensations of the works room to breathe, and give the reader space to make his own interpretation. These are poets who, attempting detachment from the world, have stood back far enough to observe it and themselves with loving exactness. Beautiful in every way.
Wonderful new translations; beautiful art.......2001-11-01
A book to savor. If you're familiar with haiku, you keep feeling a shock of recognition when you encounter a favorite redone in Clements's thoughtful lean style. Fresh organization, by time of day. Illustrations well chosen and well reproduced. This would be a fine gift book for a young person you want to interest in poetry.
Breathtaking.......2001-06-20
A beautiful gift book. Each page of three haiku faces breathtaking paintings in the Japanese style. Most of the paintings are of nature, giving a sense of the season as one reads haiku of that season. The combination of painting and haiku gives a much deeper value.
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