bA masterful translation of one of the most-loved classics of Japanese literature--part travelogue, part haiku collection, part account of spiritual awakeningb pBash333 1644-1694--a great luminary of Asian literature who elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty--is renowned in the West as the author of iNarrow Road to the Interiori, i ia travel diary of linked prose and haiku recounting his journey through the far northern provinces of Japan. pThis edition, part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series, features a masterful translation of this celebrated work. It also includes an insightful introduction by translator Sam Hamill detailing Bash333's life and the art of haiku, three other important works by Bash333--iTravelogue of Weather-Beaten Bonesi, i The Knapsack Notebooki, i iand iSarashina Traveloguei--and two hundred and fifty of his finest haiku, making this the most complete single-volume collection of Bash333's writings. pThe bShambhala P