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100			_aZheng, Qingmao.
245			_aThe narrow road to the Deep North : _band other travel sketches.
250			_a198th ed.
260			_aUnited States of America : _bThe Penguin Group, _c1966.
300			_a167 p. : _bill. ; _c17 cm.
520			_an later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his attempts to cast off earthly attachments and reach out to spiritual fulfillment. The sketches are written in the "haibun" style--a linking of verse and prose. The title piece, in particular, reveals Basho striving to discover a vision of eternity in the transient world around him and his personal evocation of the mysteries of the universe.
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