Title
The last lyric : selected poems by Yu Xinqiao
Alternative Title
最后的抒情 : 俞心樵诗选
Document Type
Edited book
Edition
Bilingual ed.
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Publisher
Tinfish Press
Abstract
Poetry. Asian Studies. Translated from the Chinese by Yunte Huang in a bilingual edition. Born in 1968, Yu was imprisoned for eight years in China after calling in 1993 for a "Chinese Renaissance Movement." His poems seem deliberately understated, full of unexpected reversals: "The dead are mourning the living;" and, because poetry can't fix you, "That's why I love poetry all my life." THE LAST LYRIC presents Yu's work in Chinese and in English. Readers of English can now discover why Yu's work is so popular (and so distrusted by the regime) in China.
ISBN
9780998743837
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2018 by Yunte Huang
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Yu, X., & Huang, Y. (Ed. & Trans.) (2017). The last lyric: Selected poems by Yu Xinqiao. Kaneohe, Hawaii: Tinfish Press.