{"product_id":"on-the-narrow-road-lesley-downer-9781476766881","title":"On the Narrow Road: Journey Into a Lost Japan","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lesley Downer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476766886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476766881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Lesley Downer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980474319103,"sku":"9781476766881","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_943debde-34b6-479d-833b-439ede28d82f.jpg?v=1683250110","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-narrow-road-lesley-downer-9781476766881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}