The Life of Tu Fu

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: Eliot Weinberger
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780811238052
ISBN10: 0811238059
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | Asian | Chinese
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | War