Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi) - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Su Dongpo, Jiann I. Lin (Translator), David Young (Translator)Publish date:2020-05-04Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pinyon PublishingISBN-13:9781936671625ISBN-10:193667162XUPC:9781936671625Book Category:Poetry, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Asian, WritingBook Topic:Chinese, PoetrySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCSK8H9P1D
Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi)
We find timeless expressions of human experience in the poems of Su Dongpo (1037-1101), translated with grace and power by Lin and Young. We follow Dongpo through his life of multiple political exiles. From early in his life he ponders the transitory nature of reality with beauty and a sober lightness:
"back to those earlier scenes / and the clouds of yellow dust along the roads"
"I lean on the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Pinyon PublishingISBN-13:9781936671625ISBN-10:193667162XUPC:9781936671625Book Category:Poetry, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Asian, WritingBook Topic:Chinese, PoetrySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.9414Product ID:SCSK8H9P1D
Dongpo, Su: - A thousand years separate us from this Su Dongpo (1037-1101), and yet his voice, despite large differences of language, culture, and geography, feels fresh, immediate, and intimate. That is partly an eloquent testimony to the power of poetry to overcome time and change. Certain aspects of human experience are universal; a good poet understands that and can use it to advantage.Lin,...
Publisher: Pinyon Publishing
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Su Dongpo, Jiann I. Lin (Translator), David Young (Translator)
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