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One Hundred Great Books in Haiku
In the sixteenth century, Zen monks in Japan developed the haiku, an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines. Now, in One Hundred Great Books in Haiku, David Bader has applied this ancient poetic form to the classics. From Homer to Milton to Dostyevsky, the great books are finally within reach of even the shortest attention spans!
Paperback, 104 pages
Published
2010
by Penguin
(first published November 3rd 2005)
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There's a precis of a book and then there's hiaku! What a great, and very speedy, way to get through 100 books. I'm sorry I can only claim one read having read it.
This Japanese art of haiku provides a 17 syllable summary in three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively, of works as diverse as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex to Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
It does help sometimes to have an idea of what the original work is about so as to more readily pick up on the abbreviated version that...more
This Japanese art of haiku provides a 17 syllable summary in three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively, of works as diverse as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex to Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
It does help sometimes to have an idea of what the original work is about so as to more readily pick up on the abbreviated version that...more
short but funny ... amazing how well a book can be summarised into 17 syllables. Sometimes the summary is purely of the story, sometimes there is views and consequences of the author/audience.
Some of these are very clever.
ie - Lolita
Lecherous linguist -
he lays low and is laid low
after laying Lo
Really quick to flip through, and could make a fun teaching resource.
ie - Lolita
Lecherous linguist -
he lays low and is laid low
after laying Lo
Really quick to flip through, and could make a fun teaching resource.
I think this is genius! Really funny. I agree that we'll get more out of it if we read all of the books. Or at least know the storyline.
It doesn't take much to read this little book, and it is absolutely hilarious. It felt like a great break in between heavier books.
This was fantastic - great works in 17 syllables. I'll be using this in class along with Twitterature!
Brilliant book, is
all one's best quips and lines
a lifetime of, herein.
all one's best quips and lines
a lifetime of, herein.
Read this in my lunch hour at the library. Amusing, with one or two really spot-on. I suspect I'd get more out of this if I'd read all the books it refers to.
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Also published as David Bader
Manhattan attorney turned haiku humourist, David Bader is author of several US cult hits Haikus for Jews: For You, a Little Wisdom and Zen Judaism: For You, a Little Enlightenment. He lives and counts syllables in New York City.
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Manhattan attorney turned haiku humourist, David Bader is author of several US cult hits Haikus for Jews: For You, a Little Wisdom and Zen Judaism: For You, a Little Enlightenment. He lives and counts syllables in New York City.
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