Poetry

The Bird Pass

Collected Longer Poems 1964-1988

The Book

1989

Poetry
16.51 x 22.23 cm
240 pages
Hardcover
ISBN10: 9781851582457
Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh.

Beginning in the floating world of Hong Kong, between West and East, this travel book moves into the South China Sea, to Macao, Taiwan, Thailand and Japan, where it follows a journey from Tokyo up through the northern provinces to Hokkaido. The author aims at more than just an account of geographical features, his prose reflecting an initiation into oriental ways of life. Kenneth White’s literary prizes include the Prix Medicis Etranger, the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Rayonnement and the Prix Alfred de Vigny. His previous travel books include The Blue Road and Travels in the Drifting Dawn.

Publisher’s presentation

Display the book on archive.org (in Penguin edition, 1990)