by
Ko Un
Translated
from Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé, Young-moo Kim,
and Gary Gach
A
Lannan Translation Series Selection
Flowers
of a Moment, Ko Un's latest treasure trove, is a recital
of a stunning range of feeling, intellection, and expression
featuring 180 brief zen poems from Korea's most beloved poet
and four-time Nobel Prize nominee. These are intimate sketches
by a literary giant at the apex of his career, in the autumn
of his life. The effect of these poems is as subtle as the freshest
green tea, as tonic as the best ginseng, as powerful as a shaman
drum solo, as intimate as a standing before a waterfall.
This edition also features a dozen inkbrush calligraphies by the poet, done especially for
the english-language edition.
"Bodhisattva
of Korean poetry, exuberant, demotic, abundant, obsessed with
poetic creation... Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination
of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and
naturalist historian."
- Allen Ginsberg
Flowers of a Moment has been selected winner of the 2007 Northern California Book Award in Translation.
Click [Here] to listen to translator Gary Gach reading poems from Flowers of a Moment at Moe's Books in Berkeley, CA.
(untitled)
In
the old days, poets used to say
the
nation is lost
yet
the mountains and rivers still survive
Nowadays
poets say
the
mountains and rivers are lost
yet
the nation still survives
Tomorrow
poets will say
Alas
the
mountains and rivers are lost
the
nation is lost
you
and
I are all lost
Copyright
© 2006 BOA Editions
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Cloth
ISBN: 978-1-929918-87-4
Price: $25.95
Publishing Date: September 2006
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-929918-88-1
Price: $17.95
Publishing Date: September 2006
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