Du Fu: A Life in Poetry

by Du Fu

Book Overview

Du Fu (712-770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetry--still universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now David Young, author of Black Lab, and well known as a translator of Chinese poets, gives us a sparkling new translation of Du Fu's verse, arranged to give us a tour of the life, each "chapter" of poems preceded by an introductory paragraph that situates us in place, time, and circumstance. What emerges is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375711600
• ISBN13: 9780375711602
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"