Stitching Porcelain: Poetry

by Deborah Larsen

Stitching Porcelain, Deborah Larsen's first book of poetry, is a narrative-lyric sequence based on the life of Matteo Ricci, the resourceful Jesuit who entered China in 1583 and stayed for a quarter century. Pondering cultural accommodation as well as faith, many of the poems center on actual events: Ricci's dressing as a Buddhist; his awe-inspiring map (with China shrewdly centered); his prostration before an empty Dragon Throne. Other events the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811211614
• ISBN13: 9780811211611
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 61 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 6.2"