Haikus from My Counters (French Edition) By Jean-Marie Gourio

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Discover "Haikus de mes comptoirs" by Jean-Marie Gourio, a poetic collection where the spirit of popular cafés meets the delicacy of Japanese haikus. Between fleeting moments, counter conversations, and light thoughts, this book invites you to savor the poetry of everyday life. A work to leaf through at the café, on the subway, or in the sun, like a small literary companion to share and give as a gift.

Author: Jean-Marie Gourio
Language: French 🇫🇷

€14.22

Available to order, delivered within 7 to 15 working days

Description

With "Haïkus de mes comptoirs", Jean-Marie Gourio offers an unexpected bridge between two worlds: that of Japanese haikus, brief three-line poems that capture the moment, and that of bar counter snippets, those phrases caught in bars that reflect the poetry of everyday life.

For over thirty years, the author has been wandering through French cafés to collect these fleeting words, these funny, touching, or absurd thoughts. In this collection, he gives them a new form inspired by haiku, which confers a literary and universal dimension to these ephemeral moments.

It includes bar counter haikus, as well as short texts grouped into chapters such as Summer at the Counter, Hurried Thoughts, and Counter Dreams. These snippets of life are small capsules of urban and popular poetry.

This contemporary poetry book is designed as a travel companion. One can imagine it resting on a bistro table, slipped into a pocket, leafed through in the sun, or in the mist of a rainy morning. An intimate, light, and warm book that becomes a book friend, to gift oneself or share.

With the sensitivity that brought success to his famous Bar Counter Snippets, Gourio transforms ordinary conversations into real literary treasures. This collection is a tribute to the poetic everyday life, to the spontaneity of speech, and to the humanity hidden in every exchange.