Distant Road Selected Poems of Nguyen Duy |
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| Author:
| Duy, Nguyen |
| Translator:
| Chung, Nguyen Ba
Bowen, Kevin |
| ISBN: | 978-1-880684-61-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
| Publisher: | Curbstone Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Widely considered the most important poet of his generation, Duy began his career as a writer on the battlefields of Vietnam. The power of his highly-crafted poetry stems from its distinct sense of time and place, his unrelenting honesty, and his deep compassion. Born into a peasant family, Duy captures the essence of village life in his poetry. Whether it is love, family, war, present or lost friends, or his own self-mockery, his poetry is infused with an understanding of...
More Description Widely considered the most important poet of his generation, Duy began his career as a writer on the battlefields of Vietnam. The power of his highly-crafted poetry stems from its distinct sense of time and place, his unrelenting honesty, and his deep compassion. Born into a peasant family, Duy captures the essence of village life in his poetry. Whether it is love, family, war, present or lost friends, or his own self-mockery, his poetry is infused with an understanding of hardship and suffering. Many of his love poems have become classics in Vietnam.