{"product_id":"leith-morton-tokyo","title":"Leith Morton, Tokyo","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTokyo\u003c\/em\u003e is a four chapter poem that attempts to capture the essence of the modern city of Tokyo, the biggest city on earth, by poems grouped into four categories: history, people, geography and art. This eclectic exploration thus paints a picture of the living beast that is the modern city of Tokyo while also playing a side-riff on one or two outsiders who resided as denizens in the belly of the beast. The poems include lyrics but are primarily linked to Japanese rhythms. The author has drawn upon his extensive knowledge of those rhythms as the foremost Australian translator of Japanese poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLeith Morton is a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has written six books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003ea day at the races\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eAt The Hotel Zudabollo\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) and \u003cem\u003eTokyo: A Poem in Four Chapters\u003c\/em\u003e (2006). His other books include \u003cem\u003eModern Japanese Culture: The Insider View\u003c\/em\u003e (2003); \u003cem\u003eModernism in Practice: An Introduction to Postwar Japanese\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e(2004); \u003cem\u003eYosano Akiko no ‘Midaregami’ o Eigo de Ajiwau\u003c\/em\u003e [Reading Yosano Akiko's \"Tangled Hair\" in English] (2007) and \u003cem\u003eThe Alien Within: Representations of the Exotic in 20th Century Japanese Literature.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e2006. 40pp. ISBN 0 95 78 378 7 9\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":240974715,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/morton_tokyo.jpg?v=1347950157","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/leith-morton-tokyo","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}