Mao zhu xi shi ci san shi qi shou. English & Chinese
1st Edition in this form Hardback Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008], 2008 Very Good
Book Publishing Details
| Author: | Mao, Zedong (1893-1976) |
| Full title: | Mao zhu xi shi ci san shi qi shou. English & Chinese |
| Publisher: | Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008], 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st Edition in this form |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| ISBN: | No ISBN |
| Pages: | 151 |
| Book ID: | 174002 |
Comments & Item Features
1st Edition in this form. Language: English. ISBN: No ISBN.
An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages; Description: 151 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972. Poems in Chinese and English. Subjects: Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 --Translations into English. Summary: Mao Zedong, leader of the revolution and absolute chairman of the People's Republic of China, was also a calligrapher and a poet of extraordinary grace and eloquent simplicity. The poems in this beautiful edition (from the 1963 Beijing edition), translated and introduced by Willis Barnstone, are expressions of decades of struggle, the painful loss of his first wife, his hope for a new China, and his ultimate victory over the Nationalist forces. Willis Barnstone's introduction, his short biography of Mao and brief history of the revolution, and his notes on Chinese versification all combine to enrich the Western reader's understanding of Mao's poetry.
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An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages; Description: 151 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1972. Poems in Chinese and English. Subjects: Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 --Translations into English. Summary: Mao Zedong, leader of the revolution and absolute chairman of the People's Republic of China, was also a calligrapher and a poet of extraordinary grace and eloquent simplicity. The poems in this beautiful edition (from the 1963 Beijing edition), translated and introduced by Willis Barnstone, are expressions of decades of struggle, the painful loss of his first wife, his hope for a new China, and his ultimate victory over the Nationalist forces. Willis Barnstone's introduction, his short biography of Mao and brief history of the revolution, and his notes on Chinese versification all combine to enrich the Western reader's understanding of Mao's poetry.
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Book Condition Report
Book Condition: Very Good.
Size of Item & Shipped Weight
Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram.
Keywords and Associated Terms
BZDB318 Unbranded Mao, Zedong (1893-1976) Mao zhu xi shi ci san shi qi shou. English & Chinese