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Salad Anniversary | Machi Tawara

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Machi Tawara's first book of poems, The Anniversary of the Salad combines the classical 'tanka' form with the subject of a modern love affair. It became a sensation, selling over 2 million copies - and the 'salad phenomenon' in Japanese culture was comparable to the 'bananamania' that followed publication of the first novel by Tawara's contemporary Banana Yoshimoto. Contains 15 poems: 'August Morning' 'Baseball Game' 'Morning Necktie' 'I Am the Wind' 'Summertime Ship' 'Wake-up Call' 'Hashimoto High School' 'Pretending to Wait for Someone' 'Salad Anniversary' 'Twilight Alley' 'My Bisymmetrical Self' 'So, Good Luck' 'Jazz Concert' 'Backstreet Cat' 'Always American'

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sisilia

Salad Anniversary | Machi Tawara

What a lovely book! Pushkin Press publishes beautiful Japanese literature collections 😍 I want to collect them all 😑

saresmoore Oo, so pretty! 8y

BooksForYears That is really gorgeous! 8y

Kalalalatja Wow! 😍 (edited) 8y

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ephemeralwaltz Thanks for sharing - it's beautiful!! 8y

monkeygirlsmama I didn't enjoy this one like I had expected/hoped to. 8y

sisilia @monkeygirlsmama Tanka is best read in Japanese, the nuance is lost in translation I think 8y

monkeygirlsmama @sisilia I'm sure it does. I did like many of the poems, just not all of them. 8y

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skyeharmony

Salad Anniversary | Machi Tawara

so-so

I really loved certain verses, but overall this fell a bit flat for me. I'm sure it's much better in the original Japanese. Poetry is hard to translate and there's no way to accurately experience the tanka verses in English. I also recommend reading the Afterword first instead of last; I think it would have made me understand and appreciate more while reading.