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A distant center / Ha Jin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jin, Ha, 1956- author.
Standardized Title:
Poems. Selections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American poetry--20th century.
American poetry.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (viii, 75 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2018]
Summary:
Best-selling novelist Ha Jin's poetry boldly confronts China's fraught political history while paying tribute to its rich culture and landscape.
Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Note to Reader
Dedication
Contents
A Solitary Traveler
You Must Not Run in Place
The Long-Distance Traveler
The Detached
Difficulties
Talent
Misfortune
The Choice of Exile
A 58-Year-Old Painter Leaving for America
In Saskatchewan
The Roads I Traveled
Missing Home
Cemetery
Missed Time
Fire
Lullaby
Again, Speaking of Those I Once Loved
A Visitor
The One Following You
Surprise
An Ideal Life
Two Images
April
Home on the Road
A Snowstorm
A New Hope
In the Springtime
Toads
A Tug of War
Copying Characters
A Small Boat
Choice of Hometown
Whether You Like It or Not
The Lost Moon
Echoes from Far Away
The Cage
All You Have Is a Country
The Older Generation
The Last Wish
A Cabinet
Concreteness and Clarity
Incompatible
Hands
A Censor's Talk
Do Not Start
If Eating Is a Culture
Weasels
O Wind
My China Dream
A Quiet Center
Doors
Acceptance
Alone
A Center
Misunderstanding
At Least
Prayer
Old
Paper
About the Author
Also by Ha Jin
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Special thanks.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-61932-187-4
OCLC:
1033569662

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