Midnight's Gate: Poetry

by Bei Dao and Matthew Fryslie

Book Overview

Twenty essays about Bei Dao's life in exile since Tiananmen Square."Knowledge of death is the only key that can open midnight's gate."Bei Dao Bei Dao has gained international acclaim over the last decade for his haunting interior poetic landscapes; his poetry is translated and published in some twenty-five languages around the world. Now, in Midnight's Gate, Bei Dao redefines the essay form with the same elliptical precision of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215849
• ISBN13: 9780811215848
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"