The Light

Li Chengen

The Light
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Blurb
Published
23 August 2024
Pages
324
ISBN
9798211850187

The Light

Li Chengen

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?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????108?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Light is a carefully-chosen collection of short poems in English by Li Cheng'en, an outstanding contemporary young poet and writer in China. The collection starts with the Angel's View of Home and ends with the Chronicle of Huang Rong, and contains a total of 108poemsaboutthe poet's childhood, family and hometown, as well as life-altering mountains, rivers, grasslands and cityscape. The themes of life, love and nature shine with touching light and color, rising to illuminate the night for the passers-by. Li Cheng'en's powerful poetry embeds her life experience into the humanistic spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism accumulated over thousands of years in China, creating a poetic aria with a very modern meaning. The Light epitomizes the poetic aesthetics of contemporary Chinese poetry over the past 40 years.

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