{"product_id":"twelve-views-from-the-distance-9780816679362","title":"Twelve Views from the Distance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the foremost poets in contemporary Japan comes this entrancing memoir that traces a boy's childhood and its intersection with the rise of the Japanese empire and World War II. This is the first English translation of the work originally published in Japanese in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is magnificent that in this book, \u003ci\u003eTwelve Views from the Distance\u003c\/i\u003e, the poet Mutsuo Takahashi has managed to achieve firm prose that, while unmistakably the work of a poet, shines with a black luster much like a set of drawers crafted by a master of old. This book is a magnificent collection of sensations and of memories, much like the toys we might find in a dark closet. The part toward the end in which the theme of his ‘search for a father’ crystallizes in a copy of an erotic book radiates a certain tragic beauty.\" —Yukio Mishima\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote about Japanese Names\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChart of Family Members\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve Views from the Distance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Snow of Memory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrandma’s House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTales of Long Ago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpirited Away\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Mother’s Back\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeaven and Hell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Various Types of Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinces and Paupers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Shore of Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSkies of Blood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagining Father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunities outside the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword to the English Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish Translations of Mutsuo Takahashi’s Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MP - University Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038553538903,"sku":"9780816679362","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816679362.jpg?v=1750940651","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/twelve-views-from-the-distance-9780816679362","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}