Breaking the Willow: Poems of Parting, Exile, Separation & Reunion (Companions for the Journey) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893996956 ISBN 13: 9781893996953

Publisher: White Pine Press, 2008

Synopsis

Breaking the Willow is a wonderful collection of classic Chinese poems on the themes of parting and exile. The poems capture brief meetings between poet friends over a jug of wine, the lament of lovers parting, and the seclusion of the hermit. One can smell the incense smoke, hear the night rain on an autumn lake, and see the moon shining through the pines.

David Lunde is a poet and translator. His most recent books include Blues for Port City and The Carving of Insects, Bian Zhilin’s collected poems, which was co-translated with Mary M.Y. Fung and won the 2007 PEN USA Translation Award.

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About the Author

David Lunde is a poet and translator. His most recent books include: Blues for Port City, Heart Transplants & Other Misappropriations, Nightfishing in Great Sky River, Instead, and The Carving of Insects, Bian Zhilin's collected poems co-translated with Mary M.Y. Fung, which won the 2007 PEN USA Translation Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: White Pine Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1893996956
• ISBN 13: 9781893996953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96