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 roadsI lean on the railing, / my spirit flies away, / and I can't call it backThe red-skirted beauty / turns into a fairy // the long flute carries / a lasting note of sadnessour only worries? / Moonset / and empty cups (Poems 1, 7, 34, & 45)Past mid-life a…
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Weitere Autoren: Lin, Jiann I. (Übers.) / Young, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-936671-62-5
- EAN: 9781936671625
- Produktnummer: 34027336
- Verlag: Pinyon Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.5 cm 471 g
- Gewicht: 471
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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.
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