Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho #Carcanetpress the Tardis jumps a middle-aged

the Tardis jumps a middle-aged man back to his Cheshire childhood

/ the wheat that dies into bread and portions out our lives

Written in the wake of Ireland’s 2008 economic collapse

This explores their relationship from shared birth to her twin’s early death from Friedreich’s ataxia

with Hannah Lowe and Jane Commane as selecting editors

Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho #Carcanetpress the Tardis jumps a middle-agedA rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand years. Roaming over mountains and along perilous shores, this anthology illuminates over a thousand years of Japanese travel writing. It takes in songs, diaries, tales and poetry, and ranges from famous works including The Pillow Book and the works of Basho to pieces such as the diary of a young girl who longs to return to the capital and her beloved