Empty Chairs: Selected Poems Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Liu, Xia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555977251 ISBN-13: 9781555977252 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - Chinese - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
Dewey: 895 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Topical - Death/Dying |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The first publication of the poetry of Liu Xia, wife of the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo Empty Chairs presents the poetry of Liu Xia for the first time freely in both English translation and in the Chinese original. Selected from thirty years of her work, and including some of her haunting photography, this book creates a portrait of a life lived under duress, a voice in danger of being silenced, and a spirit that is shaken but so far indomitable. Liu Xia's poems are potent, acute moments of inquiry that peel back to expose the fraught complexity of an interior world. They are felt and insightful, colored through with political constraints even as they seep beyond those constraints and toward love. |