{"product_id":"9780981552170","title":"Doubled Shadows: Selected Poetry of Ouyang Jianghe","description":"\u003cp\u003eOuyang Jianghe belongs to the \"third generation\" of twentieth-century Chinese literature and the so-called \"five masters from Sichuan\"—poets who consciously distance themselves from the \"Misty\" (obscure) poets such as Bei Dao and Yang Lian. His writing advocates an intellectual model that is based on reflection and the expression of mature recognition rather than inspiration, sudden impulse, or spontaneous illumination, and is concerned with everyday themes, the insignificant, and the private.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"Handgun\":\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eyou can take a-\u003cbr\u003epart a handgun, break it\u003cbr\u003ein two, into\u003cbr\u003ea hand a gun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003epaint the hand black, you've got\u003cbr\u003ea faction—\u003cbr\u003eput the gun on a boat: that's\u003cbr\u003ea means of persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eyou can take apart a faction\u003cbr\u003einto further partitions\u003cbr\u003eparties\u003cbr\u003eambitions\u003cbr\u003eyou can break it into act, or action—\u003cbr\u003ethe world divides in infinite fissions\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eone eye you aim\u003cbr\u003eat love; the other you ram\u003cbr\u003einto the barrel of a gun\u003cbr\u003ethe bullets ogle\u003cbr\u003eyou level your nose at your enemies'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics consider \u003cb\u003eOuyang Jianghe\u003c\/b\u003e 's poetry some of the most challenging avant-garde verse written in China over the past few decades. His poems, which have the intricate, sculpted quality of fugues, are concerned with dissecting the layers of meaning that underlie everyday objects and notions like \"doubled shadows.\" He is a prominent art critic and chief editor of the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eJintian\u003c\/i\u003e ; he lives in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAustin Woerner\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Yale University in East Asian studies. In September 2009 he took part in a joint residency with Ouyang Jianghe at the Vermont Studio Center, where they were the first writer-translator pair in the literature in translation program. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023639855344,"sku":"9780981552170","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780981552170_p0.jpg?v=1763879771","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981552170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}