A timeless, visionary collection of poems from one of China's most acclaimed poets-now available in English for the first time in a generation and featuring a foreword by his son, contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei One of the most influential poets in Chinese history, Ai Qing is mostly unknown to Western readers, but his work has shaped the nature of poetry in China for decades. Born between the fall of imperial Manchurian rule and the establishment of the Communist People's Republic, Ai Qing was at one time an intimate of Mao Zedong. He would eventually fall out with the leader and be sentenced to hard labor during the Cultural Revolution, when he was exiled to the remote part of the country known as "Little Siberia" with his family, including his son, Ai Weiwei. In his work, Ai Qing tells the story of a China convulsing in change, leaving behind a legacy of feudalism and imperialism but uncertain what the future will hold. Breaking with traditional forms of Chinese poetry, Ai Qing innovatively adapted free verse, writing with a simple sincerity in clear lines that could be understood by everyday readers. Selected Poems of Ai Qing is an extraordinary collection that traces the powerful inner life of this influential poet who crafted poems of protest, who longed for a newer, happier age, and who wrote with a profound lyricism that reaches deep into the heart of the reader.
SOUND OF SILENCE
PRITI HIMATSINGKA
PILGRIMS BOOK PVT. LTD. DELHI
RUMIS SECRET
BRAD GOOCH
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED
SELECTED POEMS Penguin Modern Classics
FEDERICO GRACIA LORCA
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
The Collected Poems Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
MARCEL PROUST
Run Rebel
MANJEET MANN
And Yet Poems
KATE BEAR
ORION BOOKS/HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
Umlieya Pidaharu
Narayan Prasad Misra
PILGRIMS PUBLISHING VARANASI
Shakuntala The Great Indian Classic Fingerprint Classics
KALIDASA
FINGERPRINT/PRAKASH BOOKS INDIA PVT. LTD.
The Prophet Deluxe Hardbound Edition
KAHLIL GIBRAN
MUKTI (COLLECTION OF POEMS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL GRADER)
NISCHAL GHIMIRE
SAMMAN PUBLISHIG HOUSE
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