in the mirror there is always this moment
this moment leads to the door of rebirth
the door opens to the sea
the rose of time
—Bei Dao
The Rose of Time: New & Selected Poems presents a glowing selection of poetry by contemporary China’s most celebrated poet, Bei Dao. From his earliest work, Bei Dao developed a wholly original poetic language composed of mysterious and arresting images tuned to a distinctive musical key. This collection spans Bei Dao’s entire writing life, from his first book to appear in English, The August Sleepwalker, published a year after the Tiananmen tragedy, to the increasingly interior and complex poems of Landscape Over Zero and Unlock, to new never-before-published work. This bilingual edition also includes a prefatory note by the poet, and a brief afterword by the editor Eliot Weinberger. A must-read book from a seminal poet who has been translated into over thirty languages.
- ISBN10 0811218481
- ISBN13 9780811218481
- Publish Date 12 February 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Edition Bilingual Edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English