Phantom pain wings = Nalgae hwansangt'ong / Kim Hyesoon ; translated from the Korean by Don Mee Choi.

Author/creator Kim, Hye-sun, 1955- author.
Other author Choi, Don Mee translator.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Description182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleNalgae hwansangt'ong. English
Parallel title Nalgae hwansangt'ong
SeriesNew Directions paperbook ; NDP1563
New Directions paperbook ; 1563. ^A717302
Abstract "An iconic figure in the emergence of feminist poetry in South Korea and now internationally renowned, Kim Hyesoon pushes the poetic envelope into the farthest reaches of the lyric universe. In her new collection, Kim depicts the memory of war trauma and the collective grief of parting through what she calls an "I-do-bird-sequence," where "Bird-human is the 'I.'" Her remarkable essay "Bird Rider" explains: "I came to write Phantom Pain Wings after Daddy passed away. I called out for birds endlessly. I wanted to become a translator of bird language. Bird language that flies to places I've never been." What un- folds is an epic sequence of bird ventriloquy exploring the relentless physical and existential struggles against power and gendered violence in "the eternal void of grief" (Victoria Chang, The New York Times Magazine). Through in- tensely rhythmic lines marked by visual puns and words that crash together and then fly away as one, Kim mixes traditional folklore and mythology with contemporary psychodramatic realities as she taps into a cremation ceremony, the legacies of Rimbaud and Yi Sang, a film by Agnès Varda, Francis Bacon's portrait of Pope Innocent X, cyclones, a princess trapped in a hospital, and more. A simultaneity of voices and identities rises and falls, existing and exiting on their delayed wings of pain"-- Provided by publisher.
LanguageIn English. Translated from the Korean.
Issued in other formElectronic version: Kim, Hye-sun, 1955- Nalgae hwansangt'ong. Phantom pain wings. New York : New Directions, [2023] 9780811231725
Genre/formpoetry.
Genre/formPoetry.
Genre/formTranslations.
Genre/formPoetry.
Genre/formPoésie.
LCCN 2023001719
ISBN9780811231718 (paperback)
ISBN0811231712 (paperback)
ISBNelectronic book

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Joyner General Stacks PL992.415 .H886 N3513 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold