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Borderland Roads
Ho Kyun
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Description for Borderland Roads
Paperback. A poetic record of a seventeenth century Korean who lived through war. Translator(s): Haight, Ian; T'Ae-Young, Ho. Series: Korean Voices. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 157.
"Ho Kyun's poetry is in the tradition of his master, the incomparable Tu Fu, while remaining fully his own. Writing nine centuries later, Ho's poetry strikes many parallels-the experiences of war and exile and constant struggle-and his voice is similarly humane. This is rich and enlightening reading."-Sam Hamill Borderland Roads is a selection of poems from the writer Ho Kyun, one of Korea's literary elite in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The book catalogs the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597-the only record of its kind of these events in poetry.
"Ho Kyun's poetry is in the tradition of his master, the incomparable Tu Fu, while remaining fully his own. Writing nine centuries later, Ho's poetry strikes many parallels-the experiences of war and exile and constant struggle-and his voice is similarly humane. This is rich and enlightening reading."-Sam Hamill Borderland Roads is a selection of poems from the writer Ho Kyun, one of Korea's literary elite in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The book catalogs the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597-the only record of its kind of these events in poetry.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Korean Voices
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Buffalo, United States
ISBN
9781935210085
SKU
V9781935210085
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99-15
About Ho Kyun
Kyun Ho (1569-1618) was born into a noble family that for generations served Korea and her kings with distinction. Ho's poetry, stylistically unusual in its time, is a poetry of plainspoken witness. Ho lived through the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597, and his poetry is the only record of its kind on these events. Ian Haight was ... Read more
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