The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches - Matsuo Basho Peter Valkenet including an introduction describing the

including an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polo's departure

En we gaan mee op prachtig beschreven omzwervingen door Woolfs geliefde Londen

en dat tegen de achtergrond van Napoleons desastreus verlopen Russische veldtocht

cirkelt Maggie Nelson rondom die betekenisvolle en prachtige kleur

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches - Matsuo Basho Peter Valkenet including an introduction describing theWhen the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He writes of the seasons changing, the smell of the rain, the brightness of the moon and the beauty of the waterfall, through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These writings not only