A Future Waterfall: 100 Haiku from the Japanese

by David G. Lanoue

In David G. Lanoue's fanciful, comic second novel, Laughing Buddha , anything can happen--and plenty does. The narrator from contemporary New Orleans journeys to the Old Japan of "geisha, samurai, and mad, moonstruck poets" on an undercover mission to solve a literary Why did the poet Buck-Teeth stop writing haiku after a certain lunar eclipse, and what could be done to help him recover his inspiration? Disguised as a Buddhist priest, bumbling through time and space while avoiding the ninja weapons of the evil critic Nakamura; our hero discovers that Buck-Teeth's writer's block is no mere academic problem but a grave matter with lives and poetry hanging in the balance.

184 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Rodrigo Alfonso · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sólo diré que es entretenida. El juego de los niveles realidad-ficción lo hace bastante interesante.

[Христо Блажев · Rating 3 out of 5]

Още едно бисерче: “Смеещият се Буда” на Дейвид Ланю
http://www.knigolandia.info/2010/05/b...

Вторият роман на Ланю след “Човекът, който пишеше хайку” отново се връща към одисеите на прочутия хайкуписец Зъбльо. Сега обаче главният герой е самият Ланю, който с магията на своето перо (или писалка Бик, както споменахме) се пренася в Япония, за да разкрие защо в един период от живота на Зъбльо той не е написал нито едно хайку.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sequel to "Haiku Guy" and it was such a treat to return and meet many of the wonderful characters again. Full of humor, grace and wisdom.