DU FU/ A LIFE IN POETRY

Du Fu (712770) is one of the undisputed geniuses of Chinese poetrystill universally admired and read thirteen centuries after his death. Now David Young, author of Black Lab, and well known as a translator of Chinese poets, gives us a sparkling new translation o f Du Fus verse, arranged to give us a tour of the life, each chapter of poems preceded by an introductory paragraph that situates us in place, time, and circumstance. What emerges is a portrait of a modest yet great artist, an ordinary man moving and adjusting as he must in t...[Read more]