Rekitei Prize (formerly Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize)
遠い庭
A poetry collection by Junko Oki. Through songs echoing in empty places and small events signaling to one another from afar, it traces unfamiliar landscapes that suddenly emerge within the familiar world. The poems follow the presence of things vanishing and the sensory spaces opened by words.
Work Information
A distant garden that appears in this world as a wholly unfamiliar universe.
Tōi Niwa (A Distant Garden) is a poetry collection that brings into view places close to everyday life yet not easily reached, through voices, matter, and fragments of memory. Attending to resonances between distant things, it quietly observes landscapes where disappearance and emergence intersect. It received the 61st Rekitei Prize.
Review Summaries
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The collection has been noted for its poetic space, which seems to lead toward a dark, deep forest, and for the strange landscapes that appear in small places touched by light.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 思潮社
- Published
- 2023-05-31
- Pages
- 146 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- Size
- 20 x 15 x 1.3 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9784783745280
- ISBN-10
- 4783745285
- Price
- 2300 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論/詩歌/詩集
空虚な場所に 歌が響く その唇の/場所を尋ねてゆく 「遠い庭」はこの地上でありながら全く見知らぬ宇宙だ。離れたところで合図を交わし響き合う小さな出来事たちのざわめきに満ちた消失そのものであるような風景が突如顕現する。待望の新詩集。