{"product_id":"the-back-country-9780811201940","title":"The Back Country","description":"This collection is made up of four sections: \"Far West\"--poems of the Western mountain country where, as a young man. Gary Snyder worked as a logger and forest ranger; \"Far East\"--poems written between 1956 and 1964 in Japan where he studied Zen at the monastery in Kyoto; \"Kali\"--poems inspired by a visit to India and his reading of Indian religious texts, particularly those of Shivaism and Tibetan Buddhism; and \"Back\"--poems done on his return to this country in 1964 which look again at our West with the eyes of India and Japan. The book concludes with a group of translations of the Japanese poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933), with whose work Snyder feels a close affinity. The title, \u003cem\u003eThe Back Country\u003c\/em\u003e, has three major associations; wilderness. the \"backward\" countries, and the \"back country\" of the mind with its levels of being in the unconscious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.91h x 5.21w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811201940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439189659785,"sku":"9780811201940","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b2c9b707-bcbe-4f7d-9904-59c10f6798af.jpg?v=1716269385","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-back-country-9780811201940","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}