Gary Snyder is considered one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century and a key figure of the Beat generation. Stylistically situated somewhere between Tu Fu and Thoreau, his innovative poetry has been influential across the world. This 50th anniversary edition reprints and celebrates Gary Snyder's first ever book of poems, Riprap - published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press. It also includes Snyder's translations of Han Shan's Cold Mountain Poems, arguably one of the finest translations of that remarkable poet ever made into the English language.
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"His greatest strength--a quiet and profound elegance, an ability to write a simple phrase that seems to have been echoing through human consciousness for three or four thousand years."
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This book passes the test of time because of its taut poetry and insight into the link between Sndyer's environment in the Pacific Northwest and his inner landscape. The second part of the book is priceless. Snyder's Zen practice and skill as a writer and linguist make him eminently qualified to translate the words of the reclusive poet Han-Shan, whose poems ring true today. I have read other translations of Han-Shan but Snyder's is the best. Its paradoxes move us in our modern times just as they must have in early China.
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Riprap lets us see the world with Snyder's vision back in
the days when Kerouac was writing about him in the Dharma
Bums. The clarity, straightforward diction, and simple
lyricism that have continued to characterize his poetry are
all here in these early poems from the fifties. Astounding
visual quality. Life in the mountains, in Japan, on the
high seas.
Cold Mountain Poems are translations of Han Shan, Chinese
Zen poet. Han Shan stands with John of the Cross in his
ability to illuminate the spiritual path through lyric
imagery. Snyder's crystalline translations reveal Han
Shan to us face to face, today, not some old exotic hermit
but a vital presence.
the days when Kerouac was writing about him in the Dharma
Bums. The clarity, straightforward diction, and simple
lyricism that have continued to characterize his poetry are
all here in these early poems from the fifties. Astounding
visual quality. Life in the mountains, in Japan, on the
high seas.
Cold Mountain Poems are translations of Han Shan, Chinese
Zen poet. Han Shan stands with John of the Cross in his
ability to illuminate the spiritual path through lyric
imagery. Snyder's crystalline translations reveal Han
Shan to us face to face, today, not some old exotic hermit
but a vital presence.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ariel Guerra
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This was a recommended set of poems. I guess the problem comes from the translation, but I don't find these poems interesting at all, even though I'm someone who gives several chances to the same artwork before I finally decide what to say about it. I don't recommend this book
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