Angel at the Earth's Extreme
Collected Poems
$42.54
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
The intensely confessional work of Japan’s most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion-especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo Stray Dogs-in a brilliant new translation, the most comprehensive in English.
A Penguin Classic
Nakahara Chuya lived only to age thirty yet ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui, and romantic melancholy of a changing world. An introspect…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143139171 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143139177 |
| Author: | Nakahara Chuya, Jeffrey Angles |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Nakahara Chuya
Nakahara Chuya (1907-1937) was one of the finest Japanese poets of the twentieth century. Often referred to as the Japanese Rimbaud for his tragic early death and poems of ennui and romantic melancholy, he was a pioneer of modernism and published two poetry collections in his lifetime, Songs of the Goat and Songs of Days That Were.
Jeffrey Angles is a poet, translator, and professor of Japanese literature. He has won awards for his translations from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Foundation, the Modern Language Association, PEN America, and the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University. His own book of Japanese poetry was a finalist for the Nakahara Chuya Prize and won the Yomiuri Prize.
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