in the mirror there is always this moment
this moment leads to the door of rebirth
the door opens to the sea
the rose of time
–Bei Dao
The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems presents a glowing selection of poetry by contemporary China’s most celebrated poet, Bei Dao. From his earliest work, Bei Dao developed a wholly original poetic language composed of mysterious and arresting images tuned to a distinctive musical key. This collection spans Bei Dao’s entire writing life, from his first book to appear in English, The August Sleepwalker, published a year after the Tiananmen tragedy, to the increasingly interior and complex poems of Landscape Over Zero and Unlock, to new never-before-published work. This bilingual edition also includes a prefatory note by the poet, and a brief afterword by the editor Eliot Weinberger. A must-read book from a seminal poet who has been translated into over thirty languages.
Author: Bei Dao
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 01/01/2010
Series: New Directions Paperbook #1160
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780811218481
Language: English
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