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In 1974, Author James P. Lenfestey Came Upon The Book Cold Mountain: 100 Poems Of The T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-shan, Translated By Burton Watson, And It Cured His Warts. It Also Turned Out To Be The Voice He Had “missed” All His Life. For The First And Only Time In His Writing Life, Lenfestey Began To “write Back” To Another Author. The Result Thirty-three Years Later Is This Collection Of One Hundred Poems, Inspired By The Form And Sensibility Of That 1,200-year-old Chinese Hermit, Yet Brimming With Lenfestey's Own Humor, Wisdom, Insight, And Delight In Language. Titles Such As “han-shan Is The Cure For Warts,” “thinking Of Sex Like The Chinese,” And “oracle Bones” Provide A Glimpse Into Lenfestey's Poetic Landscape. This Book Is Dedicated To Poetic Translator Burton Watson, Eighty-one, Whom Lenfestey Visited In Tokyo On A Pilgrimage To China To Pay Homage To Han-shan At His Hermit Cave. “these Aren't Translations Of Han-shan's Poems; They're Transmissions Of His Spirit!”—eric Utne, Founder Of Utne Reader. James P. Lenfestey.

Author
James P. Lenfestey
Publisher
Holy Cow Press; Holy Cow! Press; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9780977945856
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Buddhism, Poetry

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