Contemporary Tanka Grand Award
サーベルと燕
Koike Hikaru’s eleventh tanka collection. Centered on poems written after the loss of his mother and younger brother, it ties the feel of everyday life to the depth of memory in clear language and marks a mature point in a long poetic career.
tankamemorylossfamilylate-career poetics
Work Information
Behind the plain language, the weight of a long life quietly settles.
A tanka collection published by Sunagoya Shobo. The surface is plain, but within the poems the losses of family and the accumulation of time resonate deeply.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 砂子屋書房
- Published
- 2022-09-15
- Pages
- 250 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- Size
- 13.8 x 2.1 x 19.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9784790418405
- ISBN-10
- 4790418405
- Price
- 3300 JPY
- Category
- 本/文学・評論
第一歌集『バルサの翼』から五十年。『草の庭』『静物』『時のめぐりに』と清新な発見と鋭い批評精神に支えられた、数多くの秀れた短歌作品を生んできた小池光。亡き妻を歌ったさきの『思川の岸辺』から十年を経て、ここに母と弟を喪う。表現はいよいよ平明に、そして深く。著者充溢の第十一歌集。(本書「帯文」より)