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Li Bai and Du Fu, the two best known 8th century Chinese poets, describe times of conflict that parallel our own. New translations opposite Chinese calligraphy convey the music of the originals. The clarity and simplicity Holyoak brings to his translations carry the reader into the profundity and complexity of another culture in no essential way dissimilar to our own: "The wine keeps flowing; the moon keeps watch.¿ But the worthiest hallmark of this collection is sorrow transformed into art.Du Fu or Tu Fu is the author of 'Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du Fu', published 2007 under ISBN 9781882291045 and ISBN 1882291042.
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