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104 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807015889
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
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Part 2, “Ubasute,” is named after the mythical Japanese practice wherein “a grown son lifts / his aged mother on his back, / delivers her to a mountain, / leaves her to die.” This concept frames a wrenching portrayal of his parents’ decline and de...
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104 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780807015889
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Part 2, “Ubasute,” is named after the mythical Japanese practice wherein “a grown son lifts / his aged mother on his back, / delivers her to a mountain, / leaves her to die.” This concept frames a wrenching portrayal of his parents’ decline and de...