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I Saw a Pale Horse & Selections from Diary of a Vagabond (Cornell East Asia, No. 86) (Cornell East Asia Series Vol 86)
I Saw a Pale Horse Selections from Diary of a Vagabond - Cornell East Asia, No. 86 - Cornell East Asia Series Vol 86 Author:Hayashi Fumiko Hayashi Fumiko, one of the most popular prose writers of the Showa era, began writing as a down-and-out poet wandering the streets of 1920s Tokyo. In these translations of her first poetry collection, I Saw a Pale Horse(Aouma wo mitari)and Selected Poems from Diary of a Vagabond(Hôrôki), Fumiko's literary origins are colorfu... more »lly revealed. Little known in the west, these early poetic texts focus on Fumiko's unconventional early life, and her construction of a female subject that would challenge, with gusto and panache, accepted notions not only of class, family, and gender but also of female poetic practice.« less