
Four Huts
Asian Writings on the Simple Life
Shambhala Publications Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 16. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-57062-946-4 (ISBN)
Description
The short works collected in Four Huts give voice to one of the most treasured aesthetic and spiritual ideals of Asia-that of a simple life lived in a simple dwelling. The texts were written between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries and convey each author's underlying sense of the world and what is to be valued in it. Four Huts presents original translations by Burton Watson-one of the most respected translators of Chinese and Japanese literature. The qualities that emerge from these writings are an awareness of impermanence, love of nature, fondness for poetry and music, and an appreciation of the quiet life. Four Huts features eleven brush paintings by artist Stephen Addiss.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
11 IMAGES
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
145 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57062-946-4 (9781570629464)
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Translated by Burton Watson Illustrated by Stephen Addiss