{"product_id":"sonic-peace-9781944700409","title":"Sonic Peace","description":"\"Even while boasting of its rapid strength and speed,\" Kiriu Minashita says in the afterword to \u003cem\u003eSonic Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the world is being ecstatically eroded by the violent rewriting of meaning.\" Sonic Peace is a work of extreme genius and unassailable critique, fused with beauty and lightheartedness: a love story set against the backdrop of an apocalyptic Tokyo. Published in Japan in 2005, \u003cem\u003eSonic Peace\u003c\/em\u003e won the celebrated Chuya Nakahara Prize in 2006, and solidified Minashita's status as one of the most important critical Japanese voices of her generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinashita, Kiriu:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKiriu Minashita\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1970 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a professor of social philosophy at Rikkyo University, and the author two books of poetry, as well as eight books of critical writings. She is one of the most popular scholars of contemporary Japanese society, appearing often as a commentator in newspapers and on TV. The poems of \u003cem\u003eSonic Peace\u003c\/em\u003e are filled with rain, reflecting Minashita's childhood on the outskirts of Tokyo, where rain was the only authentic encounter with nature.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThurlow, Spencer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSpencer Thurlow\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet. He co-translated \u003ci\u003eSonic Peace\u003c\/i\u003e with Eric Hyett across a distance of thousands of miles. Working by videoconference between Boston and Kochi, Japan, they developed a unique translation process that imbues the English-language version with the same colloquial tone Minashita brings to the Japanese. Minashita has called this American translation of Sonic Peace \"very exquisite.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHyett, Eric:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eEric Hyett\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet in Boston. He co-translated \u003ci\u003eSonic Peace\u003c\/i\u003e with Spencer Thurlow across a distance of thousands of miles. Working by videoconference between Boston and Kochi, Japan, they developed a unique translation process that imbues the English-language version with the same colloquial tone Minashita brings to the Japanese. Minashita has called this American translation of Sonic Peace \"very exquisite.\"","brand":"Phoneme Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857293971730,"sku":"9781944700409","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2eafbdc-d5e2-4533-bd7a-f40fbf68821e.jpg?v=1737527116","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sonic-peace-9781944700409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}