{"product_id":"haikus-from-fageltofta","title":"Haikus from Fågeltofta","description":"Haikus from Fågeltofta contains about 500 haiku poems. They were written by the musician and painter Nils Guttorp, who lived in the old school in the tiny village of Fågeltofta in the southernmost part of Sweden for more than 30 years.\u003cbr\u003e The poems contain experiences, standpoints, and reflexions collected during a long life, and concerning widely varying topics: art and music, sports, weather, and metaphysics, the simplest and the most difficult.\u003cbr\u003e Taken together, the collection of poems constitute an autobiography of sorts.\u003cbr\u003e The author is strictly adhering to the very demanding haiku format. Every poem has three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second seven, and the third again five. Haiku is the art of saying a lot in a few words.\u003cbr\u003e An example from the book:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Freedom by itself\u003cbr\u003e does not help anybody\u003cbr\u003e to choose direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nils Guttorp died in March 2013 , 92 years of age.\u003cbr\u003e Peter Guttorp:\u003cbr\u003e Son of the author. Retired professor of Statistics. Lives in Seattle, USA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nils Guttorp 1920-2013\u003cbr\u003e He was an artist and a musician. He exhibited paintings in the 40s and 50s, and served later as organist in Västerstad\/Östraby, Kävlinge, and Vitaby\/Södra Mellby in souther Sweden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Anna Guttorp:\u003cbr\u003e Daughter of the author. Has worked as book designer. Collected his papers, chose poems and illustrations for this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We talked on the telephone every evenong for twelve years. I now send the conversation on to you, dear reader.","brand":"BoD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32142123204697,"sku":"9789174635805","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9789174635805_1-haikus-from-fageltofta.jpg?v=1749636838","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/haikus-from-fageltofta","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}