Bei Dao, David Hinton, Michael Palmer, David Hinton
In his first retrospective volume of poetry in English, two of Bei Dao's previous books -- Forms of Distance (1994) and Landscape Over Zero (1996) -- are gathered together in one bilingual paperbook edition. At The Sky's Edge: Poems 1991-1996 marks a pivotal point in the poet's oeuvre, presenting the increasingly lyrical, meditative poems written in the years following his banishment from China in 1989. Translated into twenty-five languages, Bei Dao's work has long been appreciated internationally, but is just recently gaining a larger audience in the U.S. At The Sky's Edge becomes Bei Dao's...
In his first retrospective volume of poetry in English, two of Bei Dao's previous books -- Forms of Distance (1994) and Landscape Over Zero (1996) -- ...
Following the convening of International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, Islands or Continents is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. Included are the poems of Adonis (Syria), Aase Berg (Sweden), Conchitina Cruz ((Philippines), Menna Elfyn (Wales), Lee Seong-bok (South Korea), Tim Lilburn (Canada), Zeyar Lynn (Myanmar), Dunya Mikhail (Iraq), Peter Minter (Australia), Tomasz Rozycki (Poland), Olvido Garcia Valdes (Spain), Jeffrey Yang (USA), Raul Zurita (Chile), as well as leading Chinese poets such as Natalia Chan, Han Dong, Lan...
Following the convening of International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, Islands or Continents is a collection of selected works by some of th...
Following the convening of International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, Islands or Continents collects the finest contemporary poetry by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The box set comprises eighteen pocket-sized chapbooks, one by each poet, encased in a fine paper box. Poems are accompanied by English and/or Chinese translations. Poets include: Adonis (Syria), Aase Berg (Sweden), Conchitina Cruz ((Philippines), Menna Elfyn (Wales), Lee Seong-bok (South Korea), Tim Lilburn (Canada), Zeyar Lynn (Myanmar), Dunya Mikhail (Iraq), Peter Minter (Australia), Tomasz...
Following the convening of International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013, Islands or Continents collects the finest contemporary poetry by some...
In this lyrical autobiography of growing up from the birth of the People s Republic, through the chaotic years of the Great Leap Forward, and on into the Cultural Revolution Bei Dao uses his extraordinary gifts as a poet and storyteller to create another Beijing, a beautiful memory palace of endless alleyways and corridors, where personal narrative mixes with the momentous history he lived through. At the center of the book are his parents and siblings, and their everyday life together through famine and festival.Open Up, City Gate is told in an episodic, fluid style that moves back and forth...
In this lyrical autobiography of growing up from the birth of the People s Republic, through the chaotic years of the Great Leap Forward, and on into ...
