On the Narrow Road to the Deep North

On the Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Lesley Downer
Lesley Downer
1989 • 280 pages

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The author retraces the journey in 1689 of Matsuo Basho, described in his Oku no hosomichi = The narrow road to the deep north.

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Brit author Lesley Downer takes to the road in Japan, following the path of classic haiku poet Basho along the narrow road to the deep north.

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