Mister Timeless Blyth : a biographical novel : R.H. Blyth's life of Zen and Haiku, bridging East and West
Spence, Alan, 1947-2023
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Lovers of Haiku, Zen, and Japan will find this novel truly inspiring! This is the story of Reginald Horace Blyth - poet, scholar, musician, linguist and avid student of Zen - who ultimately became the teacher to an emperor. His pivotal works were published in Japan even while he was imprisoned as an enemy alien. He ultimately became the key link and mediator between the Imperial Household and the occupying American forces. His fingerprints are everywhere today in the study of Zen and Haiku in the West, where his works have influenced some of the most important writers of the 20th century - including Huxley, Oshi, Aiken, Watts, Salinger, Kerouac, Ginsberg and many others. Written in the form of an autobiography and filled with spirituality and poetry, this book recounts a life of hard work, of discovery, of great joy and adversity, and of learning to be at peace with one's self and one's choices.
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Author:
Spence, Alan, 1947-, author
Imprint:
Clarendon : Tuttle Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
352 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780804856355 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92F
LC class:
PR6069.P43
Language:
English
BRN:
3399035
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