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Finding Them Gone : Visiting China's Poets of the Past by Bill Porter; Red Pine is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**"A travel writer with a cult following."__The New York Times__** "There are very few westerners who could successfully cover so much territory in China, but Porter pulls it off. __Finding Them Gone__ uniquely draws upon his parallel careers as a translator and a travel writer in ways that his previous books have not. A lifetime devoted to understanding Chinese culture and spirituality blossoms within its pages to create something truly rare."__The Los Angeles Book Review__ A road trip with poetryif that sounds like your kind of thing, then this is the book for you.”__That’s China Magazine__ To pay homage to China's greatest poets, renowned translator Bill Porter,who is also known by his Chinese name "Red Pine"traveled throughout China visiting dozens of poets' graves and performing idiosyncratic rituals that featured Kentucky bourbon and reading poems aloud to the spirits. Combining travelogue, translations, history, and personal stories, this intimate and fast-paced tour of modern China celebrates inspirational landscapes and presents translations of classical poems, many of which have never before been translated into English. Porter is a former radio commentator based i

Who reads Finding Them Gone : Visiting China's Poets of the Past?

Author

Bill Porter; Red Pine

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781619321526

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

4.3 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14