Sleepless Nights: Verses for the Wakeful (College Audience Papers) - Softcover

Wen-Siang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556432003 ISBN 13: 9781556432002

Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Nearly 800 years ago, pagan Mongol tribes from the Central Asian steppes broke upon the ancient civiliations of Asia like a tidal wave, unleashing a whirlwind of destructive fury with unprecedented force. Through this holocaust wandered a lone buddhist poet, a pacifist and feminist, a former politcal prisoner and a lifelong exile and sojourner in his own homeland. Wen-siang's poetry caputres the pathos of his time with exquisite sensitivity and tragic beauty, illuminating its harvest of both human suffering and hope.

Sleepless Nights gives voice to a people groaning under the weight of history--the conscripts and peasants, the women and families, the refugees adrft in a land torn by conflict. Among the greatest masterpieces of secular Buddhist poetry, here translated into English for the first time , these verses mock the folly of tyrants and celebrate the indomitability of life.

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About the Author

With more than forty volumes of publised works to his credit, Thomas Cleary has gained international acclaim for his renditions of sacred poetry and texts from classical Chinese, Sanscrit, Pali, Japanese, and Arabic.

Edition details

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556432003
• ISBN 13: 9781556432002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120