Bathhouse and Other Tanka Dolores Dorantes Although Sarduy’s novels have been

Although Sarduy’s novels have been translated into English and received praise from such writers as Richard Howard and James McCourt

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Zijn gedichten vormen een luchtbrug naar een binnenwereld waarin van alles mogelijk is

Judith Herzberg

Bathhouse and Other Tanka Dolores Dorantes Although Sarduy’s novels have beenTatsuhiko Ishii (trans. Hiroaki Sato) Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades of his life as an existential being, writes Tatsuhiko Ishii in his sensuous, exhilarating new collection of poetry Bathhouse and Other Tanka. For many decades now, Ishii has turned the classical poetic form of the tanka into its own innovative contemporary tradition. What was originally a five line 5 7 5 7 7 syllable verse form Ishii writes in one line,