FromoneofChina’smostimportantpoetsafter1980,thisisastunningbookofpoetry,apoetrythatischaracterizedbyelectrichonestyandacuteobservation.Inthesepages,wehearWangXiaoni’scandidandpenetratingvoiceaboutcontemporaryChina—allthroughherquietbutpowerfulverse.ThetranslatorEleanorGoodman,herselfawonderfulpoet,shouldbecongratulatedforherbrillianttranslation.
—Kang-iSunChang,MalcolmG.Chace’56ProfessorofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures,YaleUniversity
WangXiaoniisareveredChinesepoetwhohasbeenwritingsinceherteens.Overthedecades,herpoetryhasgrownmoreresonant,markedwithstrikingimagesandextraordinaryassociations,andcharacterizedbyaquietpersonalvoice.Thepoemsinthisvolumeembodyadistinctsensibilityandamajorachievement.EleanorGoodman’sexactingtranslationmakesthemapurepleasuretoreadandreread.
—HaJin
Thejintian[今天]seriesofcontemporaryliteraturefeaturesnewandinnovativewritingfrommainlandChinaandabroad.TitlesintheseriesareeditedbyBeiDao,LydiaH.Liu,andChristopherMattison.
AcollaborativeventurebetweenZephyrPress,theJintianLiteraryFoundation,andTheChineseUniversityPress,eachbilingualtitlehighlightstheever-changingliterarycultureofChinawhilesimultaneouslyexpandingtheEnglishlanguagewithawaveofnewvoicesintranslation.
