A Phone Call from Dalian: Selected Poems of Han Dong Contributor(s): Han, Dong (Author), Harman, Nicky (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0983297010 ISBN-13: 9780983297017 Publisher: Zephyr Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General |
LCCN: 2013432271 |
Series: Jintian |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.8" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In a 1989 interview, Han Dong declared that he wrote poetry for nobody, not even himself. He likens the poet to a roofer: I write poetry for the constitution of poetry, just as a roofer gives no thought to who lives in the house whose roof he is covering--he builds to meet the criteria of what a house is. Poetry is not subordinate to purposes beyond itself: its highest purpose is to be without purpose. So-and-so's come to a sad end . . . Han Dong was born in 1961 in Nanjing, where he continues to work as a full-time writer. He is also a respected novelist--his first, published in translation as Banished by University of Hawai'i Press, was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. Nicky Harman lives in the United Kingdom. Besides translation work, Harman is active on the Chinese translated fiction website Paper Republic and in literary translation organizations in the United Kingdom. |