The Life of Tu Fu
by Weinberger, Eliot | New BookDescription
For over fifty years Eliot Weinberger has been celebrated for his innovative literary and political essays--translated into over thirty languages--as well as his trailblazing translations from the Spanish. In his exquisite new book The Life of Tu Fu, Weinberger has composed a montage of fifty-eight poems that capture the life and times of the great Tang Dynasty poet Tu Fu (712-770 AD). As he writes in a note to the edition, "This is not a translation of individual poems, but a fictional autobiography of Tu Fu derived and adapted from the thoughts, images, and allusions in the poetry." Through lines as penetrating as a classical tanka and as fluid as a mountain stream, themes of endless war and ongoing pandemic surround the wandering life of the ancient Chinese master.

Author(s): | Weinberger, Eliot |
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Book Type: | New Book |
Format: | Paperback |
ISBN-10: | 0811238059 |
EAN: | 9780811238052 |
Language: | English |
Number of Pages: | 64 |
Publication Date: | 2024-04-02 |
Publisher: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Weight: | 0.15 Pounds |
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