{"product_id":"the-life-of-tu-fu-9780811238052","title":"The Life of Tu Fu","description":"For over fifty years Eliot Weinberger has been celebrated for his innovative literary and political essays--translated into over thirty languages--as well as his trailblazing translations from the Spanish. In his exquisite new book \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Tu Fu\u003c\/em\u003e, Weinberger has composed a montage of fifty-eight poems that capture the life and times of the great Tang Dynasty poet Tu Fu (712-770 AD). As he writes in a note to the edition, \"This is not a translation of individual poems, but a fictional autobiography of Tu Fu derived and adapted from the thoughts, images, and allusions in the poetry.\" Through lines as penetrating as a classical tanka and as fluid as a mountain stream, themes of endless war and ongoing pandemic surround the wandering life of the ancient Chinese master.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811238052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72","brand":"Eliot Weinberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43600419881141,"sku":"9780811238052","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ea74cb9b-6738-48b8-bb53-abc0ceb2b560.jpg?v=1707208769","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-life-of-tu-fu-9780811238052","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}