{"product_id":"on-the-narrow-road-journey-into-a-lost-japan-9781476766881","title":"On the Narrow Road: Journey Into a Lost Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lesley Downer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the eight-hundred-mile trek of Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, this journey into a lost Japan explores the possibilities of an older, simpler way of life that still exists over three hundred years later.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1689, acclaimed Japanese poet Matsuo Basho set out on his last and longest journey to explore the remote northern provinces of his country. In a famous work of Japanese literature, Basho shares an account of his experience that is rich in strange, surreal, and comic encounters along the road. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree hundred years later, inspired by Basho's writing and his appreciation of Japan, Lesley Downer sets off on the same journey the famous poet took before her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she walks, Downer encounters hitchhiking hermit priests, meets people who had never seen a Westerner, and dines on flowers and sauteed grasshoppers, leading her to discover a piece of Japanese culture that many believed had vanished centuries ago.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411033317527,"sku":"9781476766881","price":1538.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476766881.webp?v=1767443574","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-the-narrow-road-journey-into-a-lost-japan-9781476766881","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}