{"product_id":"the-basho-variations-steve-mccaffery-9780978158774","title":"The Basho Variations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Basho Variations\u003c\/i\u003e gathers thirty-four translations of Basho's famous haiku. In doing so it enters an august (albeit scanty) lineage of maverick redactions of this poem that include (as inaugural) the \"frog pond plop\" by Dom Sylvester Hudard and the \"fog prondl pop\" by Gerry Gilbert. Inspired by Raymond Queneau's \u003ci\u003eExercises in Style\u003c\/i\u003e, it also joins the company of his earlier \"Restricted Translation with Imperfect Level Shift (After Basho)\" as well as the \u003ci\u003eFrogments from the Frag Pool: Haiku after Basho\u003c\/i\u003e by fellow ludicians de langage Gary Barwin and Derek Beaulieu; Beaulieu's solo \u003ci\u003e((plop))\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBasho's Frogger\u003c\/i\u003e (a Zen video game) created by the Prize Budget for Boys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve McCaffery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0978158776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780978158774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 4.99w x 0.18d","brand":"Steve McCaffery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096799879423,"sku":"9780978158774","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-basho-variations-steve-mccaffery-9780978158774","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}