In this luminous reimagining of Matsuo Bashō’s Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), George Myers Jr.’s The Narrowing Road joins the 17th-century master on a walk and quiet conversation across time. Each pair of prose and haiku stands not as translation, but as response — a dialogue between languages, centuries, and ways of seeing.
Bashō’s memories appear on the left-hand pages, with Myers’ English on the right, the book’s physical fold between them forming the narrow road they share. What emerges is a rhythm of attention: prose breathing toward silence, image opening into stillness.
Both homage and a meditation on willingness, Myers’ The Narrow Road reminds us that the oldest journeys are the ones still unfolding — between word and world, listener and voice, absence and return.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this luminous reimagining of Matsuo Basho's Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), George Myers Jr.'s The Narrowing Road joins the 17th-century master on a walk and quiet conversation across time. Each pair of prose and haiku stands not as translation, but as response - a dialogue between languages, centuries, and ways of seeing.Basho's memories appear on the left-hand pages, with Myers' English on the right, the book's physical fold between them forming the narrow road they share. What emerges is a rhythm of attention: prose breathing toward silence, image opening into stillness.Both homage and a meditation on willingness, Myers' The Narrow Road reminds us that the oldest journeys are the ones still unfolding - between word and world, listener and voice, absence and return. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798994936801
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