來自大連的電話 A Phone Call From Dalian (Simplified Chinese and English) - 韓東 Dong Han - Bookniverse

「今天」當代文學系列聚焦中國大陸和海外的新銳作品，由北島,劉禾與Christopher Mattison主編，封面採用藝術家徐冰的版畫作品。該系列迄今已有十一本雙語詩集問世。 韓東的作品《來自大連的電話》為系列之一。 The JINTIAN [今天] series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation. A Phone Call From Dalian by Han Dong is one of the selections. Endorsement: Several things combine to make Han Dong the remarkable poet he is: quotidian themes, willed superficiality, colloquial language, and his individuality and sophistication in handling these things. Or, conversely: the deconstruction of heroic themes, the repression of conventional interpretation, the rejection of “literary” language, and defamiliarizationas a fundamental textual attitude. —Maghiel van Crevel “A Skeptical, questioning voice … engaged in subverting the quotidian,” Han Dong’s is a voice not yet heard in the West. His poetry has been described as “disconcerting, meditative, angry, passionate, sad, sarcastic, self-mocking and even a little silly.” This is a collection of considerable interest which gives an insight into a new literature in the making, as the ancient culture of China struggles to reinvent its own modernity.” —Brian Holton