World Republic of Letters #: Words as Grain

New and Selected Poems

World Republic of Letters #: Words as Grain
Lucas Klein, Duo Duo
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13 Jul 2021 US
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9780300227390
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A leading poet from the Cultural Revolution to the present day, Duo Duo is one of China' s most influential contemporary writers. He began writing in the 1970s. His poetic vision matured in Beijing in the 1980s and during his exile in the 1990s following the Tiananmen Square Massacre, finally bursting into full bloom with his return home in 2004. Responding to the Chinese political landscape with his investigations into language and an idiosyncratic take on the Zen Buddhist tradition, Duo Duo writes poetry for poets. In exacting translations by award-winning translator Lucas Klein, this career-spanning anthology features Duo Duo' s entire oeuvre since his return to China, as well as a selection of his early poems, presenting nearly five decades of work from "a resolute seer of some of the most basic, universal human values" (Mai Mang, Neustadt Prize Ceremony).

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Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems

"Hard-hitting yet elusive, Duo Duo' s poetry speaks to body and soul alike. Klein' s translations are uncompromising and gripping, just like the source texts. This writing is inimitable. Words as Grain gives pride of place to a truly unique voice in poetry. "-Maghiel van Crevel
Duo Duo is one of the most celebrated contemporary Chinese poets. Lucas Klein is an award-winning translator.
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ISBN-13: 9780300227390
Published: 13 Jul 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 197mm
Width: 127mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 280

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