Overview
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 DaoThe 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
- | Publisher: New Directions
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2010
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0811218481
- | ISBN-13: 9780811218481
