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by Gary Snyder (Author) "Fur the color of mud, the smooth loper Crapulous old man, a drifter, Praises! of Coyote the Nasty, the fat Puppy that abused himself, the..." (more)
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The Back Country is one of Gary Snyder's most serious engagements with Eastern culture and thought. Much of the book works to achieve a perspective by means of contrast, as in "Hitch Haiku," a series of haiku (a Japanese form of imagistic, syllabic verse) mostly set in the American West. Perhaps the strongest poem is "Oil," in which Snyder envisions a tanker as a needle bringing our addicted nation "long injections of pure oil."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Understated, Moving Poetry, Aug 6 2000
By J. Mullin (Plantation, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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I had to read many of the poems in this volume while taking a college course in Beat Literature, but in this reviewer's opinion the careful, Eastern-oriented poetry by Snyder has a mystical quality sorely lacking in poetry by writers like Kerouac, Corso, Ferlinghetti and even Ginsberg. Snyder captures the mountains of the pacific northwest, human relationships, campfires, and the mysteries of the far east in a careful and understated style. He sometimes makes use of the ancient Japanese style of haiku, and in all of his poems he seems to have rich, abundant ideas which he is able to convey in relatively few words. I have come back to this volume repeatedly over the years, and it always reveals a new secret and joy each time. Think of Snow Falling on Cedars in poetry form.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, May 28 2000
By Nathan T N Schreiber (Appleton, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This collection of poetry changed my life, I was deeply engaged with each installment!
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