Small Sounds in the Brush (Fude no Sasayaki) [Hardcover]

David Farrah (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1998

Influenced by contemporary American and traditional Japanese poetic forms, as well as Quantum Theory, the poems and short tales of Small Sounds in the Brush (Fude no Sasayaki) search for a language that will accommodate the poet's growing uncertainty of self amidst the growing certainty of unfamiliar geophysical, cultural, linguistic, and artistic landscapes. The book's first two sections, set in Okayama Prefecture, move from a straight-forward series of prose-like poems into the lyric moment. The third section then manifests translation-like qualities as it seeks further definition and integration through narrative. And finally, through its quantum-like bundles (small sounds) of meaning, the fourth section suggests that a resolution of expression might more nearly exist only when language is willing to more nearly, if not unltimately, abandon itself. (Written in English.)

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About the Author

Born in Akron, Ohio, David Lee Farrah grew up in the surrounding rural regions. He then earned an M.A. from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. from Ohio University in Athens. He currently teaches at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in Kobe, Japan, where he is Associate Professor of English. Professor Farrah's poems and essays have appeared in various journals, including Denver Quarterly, Kyoto Journal, The Mississippi Review, The Missouri Review, The Ohio Review, and Poetry Ireland Review.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 91 pages
• Publisher: S. Hervey (October 15, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 4788370557
• ISBN-13: 978-4788370555
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,399,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)