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*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*'This is a five-star read, for real . . .' ROBIN HOBB'An impressive debut with real psychological depth' THE GUARDIAN'Richly imagined and politically driven' THE I PAPER'In a class of its own' THE DAILY MAIL'A novel of great power and force' LOCUS'It now holds a standard for fantasy standalones' GRIMDARK MAGAZINE'This dark fantasy stands out among the plethora of romantasy' BOOKLIST'Vicious, gorgeous, and fiercely haunting' CHLOE GONG'Sublime' AMELIE WEN ZHAO'Enthralling' ANDREA STEWART'Astounding' CHELSEA ABDULLAH'Fantasy at its best' VAISHNAVI PATELTO KILL A MONSTER, SHE MUST BECOME ONE . . .As the emperor lays dying, the once-great Azalea Dynasty plunges towards civil war. While its princes plot for power, a more hidden war - to become the next empress - occupies the imperial court.Wei Yin - peasant girl turned concubine to the cruel Prince Terren - has already endured unimaginable suffering. Ripped from her family, she has no title, no allies, and no escape. But she does have a secret . . .In the shadows of the palace, surrounded by enemies, she is learning a skill forbidden to women. Because when words are weapons and poetry holds an ancient magic, the fate of a girl - and a nation - can both be rewritten. All she has to do is compose the perfect poem - a tale so powerful, it can kill any man, even the next emperor.The epic political arena of The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang meets the intimate tragedy of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller in this internationally bestselling debut novel by visionary new voice Shen Tao, unmissable for veteran genre fans as well as readers of literary fiction looking to make their first foray into fantasy.

With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI'A generous, moving book' GUARDIANBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived there since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world - describing himself as a 'mongrel', someone born out of diverse cultures.Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time, from a childhood in Sri Lanka to Molière's chair during his last stage performance, from icons in Bulgarian churches to the Californian coast and loved Canadian rivers, merging memory with the present, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery, love and loss. As he writes in the opening poem:Reading the lines he loveshe slips them into a pocket,wishes to die with his clothesfull of torn-free stanzasand the telephone numbersof his children in far citiesPoetry - where language is made to work hardest and burns with a gem-like flame - is what Ondaatje has returned to in this intimate history.

'These stories are waves of fury, desire and delicious cruelty, always kissed by beauty and death' Mariana Enríquez A new selection of lyrically haunting 1960s short stories, from a Japanese literary iconA writer is seized by apocalyptic visions, a trio of beatniks dance to modern jazz in the ruins of an abandoned church, and a séance brings forth the reproachful spirits of the military dead.In Voices of the Fallen Heroes, stark autobiography contrasts with pure horror, and the tenderness of first love cedes to obsession, heartbreak and deathly beauty. In one tale, Mishima recounts the true story of the time a deranged fan broke into his home at dawn. Elsewhere, a beautiful youth achieves eternal life through violent murder, and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards, tangled in the web of time and unfulfilled desire.Available in English for the first time, and carefully selected by expert translators, these captivating stories are the perfect introduction to Mishima's work, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Su Dongpo (1037-1101) zählt zu den bedeutendsten Stimmen der chinesischen Literatur. Als Dichter und Prosaist verband er geistige Tiefe mit Witz, Gelassenheit mit sprachlicher Eleganz.Dieser Band versammelt Gedichte und Prosatexte, die vom Alltäglichen ebenso handeln wie von den großen Fragen des Lebens: von der Natur und Begegnungen, von Verlust und innerer Freiheit. Su Dongpos Texte sind klar, bildstark und von zeitloser Leichtigkeit - und wirken bis heute überraschend nah und modern.

Ein literarischer Schatz - von den alten Meistern bis zu modernen Stimmen <BR> <BR>Gedichte zu schreiben hat eine lange Tradition in Japan. Die hier vorgelegte Auswahl streift einige der bedeutendsten Entwicklungen in der Geschichte der japanischen Lyrik. Als Sammlung bietet sie eine bunte Mischung unterschiedlichster Themen. Das Spektrum reicht von einer Kaiserin, die vor mehr als tausend Jahren regierte, über Hofbeamte, Hofdamen und Einsiedler unterschiedlicher Epochen bis in die Neuzeit mit Feministinnen und Hausfrauen, die sich zum Dichten Zeit nehmen. Gedichte wurden von Literaten und von Angehörigen literaturferner Berufe, wie Gynäkologen und Bankangestellten, Medizinprofessoren und Gymnasiallehrern, auch Tapeziermeistern, Soldaten und Bauern, geschrieben - vom nördlichsten Hokkaido bis zum südlichsten Okinawa. <BR> <BR>Japanische Gedichte sind generell zwar sehr kurz, enthalten dennoch reichlich Anmut, Witz, intensive Gefühle, nachdenklich stimmende Gedanken und wirken oft sehr unterhaltsam. Dank ihrer Kürze und der einprägsamen Formulierungen bleiben ihre Inhalte im Gedächtnis hängen. Man mag sie wieder und wieder lesen, oft auch mitsummen, wenn sie trotz ihrer Kürze klangvoll geraten. Miki Sakamoto hat für die vorliegende Auswahl ihre Heimat durchreist und die schönsten japanischen Gedichte gesammelt, neu übersetzt und mit hilfreichen Kommentierungen und klugen Nachgedanken versehen.

What is love?<BR>It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts.<BR><BR>In this light-filled and multi-faceted book, her first since being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang draws together the threads of her work and life, tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs and diaries.<BR><BR>A book of reflections, of words and light, it has at its heart the tiny, north-facing courtyard garden at her home, cultivated solely through the reflected sunlight of the mirrors which she must move throughout the day, as the earth turns on its axis.<BR><BR>In a poem written at eight years old, Han Kang imagined a 'gold thread' of connection - an idea which she explores here with luminous attention, beginning with her Nobel Lecture. She writes of the wonder of following the thread we call language into the depths of other hearts, and her profound sense of an electric current which joins writer and reader.<BR><BR>Both intimate and illuminating, Light and Thread is a book for all readers of Han Kang's unique body of work.

Die umfassendste Haiku-Anthologie auf dem deutschen Buchmarkt'Um Haiku zu schreiben, werde ein drei Fuß großes Kind.' Diese Weisheit Bash¿s bringt das Wesen des Haiku auf den Punkt - die Kunst, die flüchtige Stimmung eines Augenblicks durch schlichte Sprache und die Hingabe an die unmittelbare Sinneswahrnehmung einzufangen. Diese Anthologie ist mit fast 1000 Haiku die umfangreichste ihrer Art in deutscher Sprache. Sie folgt dem traditionellen Aufbau nach Jahreszeiten und behandelt die Themen Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter und Neujahr.

“Poetry in Korea has been a vaunted form—and traditionally left to men. Kim broke away from the masculine styles that came before her. . . . Kim has pursued a vernacular that’s intensely Korean yet open to the world.” —E. Tammy Kim, New YorkerFrom the legendary avant-garde poet Kim Hyesoon, a landmark collection documenting her first and only work of digital performance art to date.In March 2014, Kim Hyesoon, the grand dame of contemporary Korean poetry, began to post anonymously on the online blog of Munhakdongne, a major South Korean publisher. Rather than use her own name, Kim Hyesoon’s chosen persona for these blog posts was Lady No. Fittingly, Lady No’s writings are dissenting, combative, subversive, and ontologically feminine; formally, they defy any attempt at easy categorization. They are neither poems, nor are they prose, but a radical innovation Kim calls shisanmun—an ungovernable style that heralds her internationally acclaimed works Autobiography of Death and Phantom Pain Wings.The entries in this seminal collection, arranged chronologically and in their entirety here for the first time, are an eclectic hybrid of opinion editorials, aphorisms, recipes, daydreams, travelogues, art criticism, as well as treatises on the metaphysics of poetry and the current state of international literature. They take place in and around the world but most often they return to a country called Aerok, a frightening yet familiar mirror of contemporary Korea. First unwittingly, and then with concentrated grief, they chart the course of one of the most politically significant years in recent South Korean history: the sinking of the MV Sewol on the morning of April 16th that killed 304 people, including 250 high school students, and the reverberations of this national tragedy that culminated in the impeachment and ouster of the country’s then-sitting president. Taken together, these writings bear witness to the people’s shame, mourning, and perseverance under a corrupt administration—a painful public reckoning not dissimilar from our own.Surreal but visceral, and inflected with both humor and rage, Lady No contains perhaps the most accessible of Kim Hyesoon’s writing to date and documents her first and only work of digital performance art. Totaling 179 individual entries and featuring 34 drawings by the artist Fi Jae Li, Lady No explores the inner and outer lives of contemporary Korean women and embodies the inextricable link between social justice and literary citizenship.

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK*'This is a five-star read, for real . . .' ROBIN HOBB'An impressive debut with real psychological depth' THE GUARDIAN'Richly imagined and politically driven' THE I PAPER'In a class of its own' THE DAILY MAIL'A novel of great power and force' LOCUS'It now holds a standard for fantasy standalones' GRIMDARK MAGAZINE'This dark fantasy stands out among the plethora of romantasy' BOOKLIST'Vicious, gorgeous, and fiercely haunting' CHLOE GONG'Sublime' AMELIE WEN ZHAO'Enthralling' ANDREA STEWART'Astounding' CHELSEA ABDULLAH'Fantasy at its best' VAISHNAVI PATELTO KILL A MONSTER, SHE MUST BECOME ONE . . .As the emperor lays dying, the once-great Azalea Dynasty plunges towards civil war. While its princes plot for power, a more hidden war - to become the next empress - occupies the imperial court.Wei Yin - peasant girl turned concubine to the cruel Prince Terren - has already endured unimaginable suffering. Ripped from her family, she has no title, no allies, and no escape. But she does have a secret . . .In the shadows of the palace, surrounded by enemies, she is learning a skill forbidden to women. Because when words are weapons and poetry holds an ancient magic, the fate of a girl - and a nation - can both be rewritten. All she has to do is compose the perfect poem - a tale so powerful, it can kill any man, even the next emperor.The epic political arena of The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang meets the intimate tragedy of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller in this internationally bestselling debut novel by visionary new voice Shen Tao, unmissable for veteran genre fans as well as readers of literary fiction looking to make their first foray into fantasy.

Avetik Issahakjan begann mit elf Jahren zu dichten. In seinen Werken schildert er die Geschichte seines Volks. Viele seiner Gedichte, die sich durch tiefe Lyrik auszeichnen, wurden als Lieder bearbeitet. Sie sind sehr beliebt im Volke und werden oft gesungen. Die Poeme "Mher von Sassun", "Abul Ala Mahari" sowie andere Werke wurden in viele Sprachen übersetzt. Bis zu seinem Tode stand der Dichter an der Spitze des Schriftstellerverbands Armeniens.Einige der schönsten Gedichte und Geschichten des Schriftstellers wurden nun von Anahit Sahakyan ins Deutsche übertragen und in diesem Band versammelt.

It begins with Or because it is a call to choose. Is this 'home' doomed or can it be saved by one's actions as the word Wyrd means. Your fate is in your hands. Choose, you English, to free yourself from the yoke of monarchical government for justice and equality. Decolonise yourselves as your colonies have gained their freedom from your royal empresses/oppressors. It's all in the details---the angry children, the hungry parents, the lack of heat, the inadequate housing, the overpriced goods---all within the system of keeping The Wealthy wealthy and The Poor poor. Leap! Do something.

The problem of long poem as a distinctive format in Urdu poetry is ambiguous and complicated also because there is no definite rule according to which it can be decided at what limit or form a poem becomes long. However, the long poems of the present era are characterized by both experience and style of expression. And these poems take us beyond the old styles. The cultural, social, emotional, intellectual and political environment of our time has emerged in these poems as a much more organized, coherent and detailed background than in the old long poems. Aijaz Ubaid's long poem "Saad (Granted)" has a prominent position among the long poems of the present era./¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿

In this small book in size but devoted in content, the poet has chosen to walk alongside Gogyoshi-the five-line Japanese poetic form, seemingly simple yet boundless in what it can convey. Gogyoshi, by its poetic nature, is a minimalist expression of infinity. It asks the poet to distill their truth into a single breath, a moment of sensitivity, or a quiet revelation.These poems speak softly, just as Gogyoshi does, yet they carry the weight of many worlds. Some are born from personal memory, others from philosophical inquiry, and some from a longing to connect poetry with the stars.Në këtë libër të vogël në madhësi, por të përkushtuar në përmbajtje, poeti ka zgjedhur të ecë përkrah Gogyoshit - forma poetike japoneze me pesë vargje, në dukje e thjeshtë, por e pakufishme në atë që mund të përcjellë. Gogyoshi, nga natyra e tij poetike, është një shprehje minimaliste e pafundësisë. I kërkon poetit ta distilojë të vërtetën e tij në një frymëmarrje të vetme, një moment ndjeshmërie ose një zbulesë të qetë. Këto poezi flasin butë, ashtu siç bën Gogyoshi, megjithatë ato mbajnë peshën e shumë botëve. Disa lindin nga kujtesa personale, të tjera nga kërkimi filozofik dhe disa nga një dëshirë për të lidhur poezinë me yjet.

Dieser poetische Rundgang nimmt uns durch das Jahr mit, vom erwachenden Grün im Frühling über den angenehmen Sommer und das flatternde Herbstlaub bis zur strengen Kälte des Winters. Doch nicht nur auf die Natur wird ein aufmerksamer Blick geworfen, auch das Verhalten von Menschen und der Gesellschaft wird beobachtet und reflektiert. Feste werden gefeiert, Kinder spielen oder erfreuen sich an täglichen kleinen Wundern, während die Erwachsenen drohen, eben jene Wunder zu oft aus den Augen zu verlieren und sich in Ärgerlichkeiten und Streit im Alltag festsetzen. Die Lektüre dieser Gedichte hingegen macht darauf aufmerksam, dass wir nicht träumen müssen, um zauberhafte Dinge zu erleben - und dass diese uns in der Wirklichkeit einholen können.

One of the world's greatest fantasy novels, and a timeless classic of Chinese literatureOne of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China. It recounts a Tang-dynasty monk's quest for Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by an omni-talented kung-fu Monkey King called Sun Wukong; a rice-loving divine pig; and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster.Comparable to The Canterbury Tales or Don Quixote, the tale is at once a comic adventure story, a humorous satire of Chinese bureaucracy, a spring of spiritual insight and an extended allegory in which the group of pilgrims journeys towards enlightenment.

Poetry is the highest form of art. In the construction of which different elements seem to be working; But these elements are interconnected in such a subtle way that to separate them would be to dull its aesthetic life. Poetry is based on imagination, the higher the flight of the poet's thoughts and the more exaggeration in the essay, the more beautiful the poem will be. "AashiyaaN Hamara (Our Home)" is a poetry collection by Bano Tahira Sayeed that includes only poems, songs, and verses that are related to national integration and love of the homeland./"¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿" ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿ ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿

1,000 haiku by Soseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time! Soseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well known in the West for his satirical novels like I Am a Cat, Botchan and Kokoro. However, he first made a name for himself in Japan as a poet, publishing hundreds of haiku over a period of several decades. Until now very few of these have appeared in English. Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku presents 1,000 of the author's most famous verses, selected and translated by Erik Lofgren, a leading Soseki expert. The poems are grouped into chapters corresponding to the five traditional Japanese seasons (New Year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter). In these poems, Soseki explores themes ranging from wabi sabi Zen simplicity to his personal experiences including several years studying in England. His verses are evocative of the splendor of the natural world, the power of human emotions, and the serenity found in living a peaceful life. Each poem is presented in the original Japanese with a Romanized version and English translation. Audio recordings of the English and Japanese versions are provided online.

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books<BR><BR>Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of his dead father, only to find that the mistress' rival and successor is also present. He falls for her, with devastating consequences. By 1949 Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, felt that the tradition of the tea ceremony had been degraded. In this delicate novella he uses the ceremony as a powerful vehicle for loneliness, yearning and loss of history.

Where memory meets hope: a powerful collection from one of Vietnam's most important contemporary voices.<BR>In this stunning collection, international bestselling author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai turns her poetic lens to the lasting impacts of war, the strength of family bonds, and the enduring search for peace and reconciliation. Through intimate poems and essays, she masterfully connects the personal with the political, bringing to life the stories of those who have lived through conflict, separation, and reunion.<BR><BR>Drawing from her experiences growing up in post-war Vietnam and her work bridging cultures as a writer and translator, Quế Mai crafts verses that speak to both specific moments in history and universal human experiences. From the haunting "Tears of Quảng Trị" to the tender "My Father's Bàng Tree," each piece reveals layers of meaning about family, memory, and healing.<BR>The collection moves seamlessly between poetry and prose, offering readers a comprehensive view of Vietnam's past and present through the eyes of someone who has lived its complex history. With the same lyrical power that made "The Mountains Sing" and "Dust Child" international bestsellers, Quế Mai shows us how the wounds of war can be healed through storytelling, understanding, and compassion.

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books<BR><BR>'But how sweet a fruit the 'suppose' must be, that people will sup and sup on it! A juicy fruit, like a lychee but without the pit, sparkling and light green: a fruit that hides the tart within the sweet.'<BR><BR>In this haunting collection of stories, a young man's obsession leads to tragedy and a woman's bitterness poisons a family's legacy. In delicate, piercing prose, Chang captures a world of quiet cruelties and calamitous desires in pre-revolutionary China.

En komplett översättning av Chuya Nakaharas diktverk Yagi no Uta (1934).

Whether real or imaginary journeys by plane or in virtual reality, the poems of Chinese poet Yin Xiaoyuan construct a sort of parallel reality made up of electric fields, sudden apparitions, and transient epiphanies described with scientific accuracy and pegged into a meticulously calculated sequence of events. The view of nature, in physical and atmospheric values, dialogues in counterpoint with a virtual tributary of today's technological culture, where travel conditions suddenly ignite, as if by internal combustion, references to the fantastic (here the Russian, the spiders of Kafka, and the Lautreamontian memory...) which give rise to rapid and fleeting triggers like those of the short films that are so fashionable today. So, reality and "reality" alternate and confuse, presenting scenes of a dream that the author provides, not without irony (especially in the dialogues), along with the premise (C. G. Jung), the script, and the interpretation.The result is a singular textuality, explicitly transgeneric, serial and fluvial, the result of multiple contaminations between literature and science, between visual art and storytelling, in an orderly chaoticism that seems to open the palette of the text to every action, and then fade in the endings like a visionary film modernly adorned with high definition, without any figure prevailing or remaining. It is akin to a poetic video game, with the original and fascinating features of post-subjective pyrotechnics. This term refers to the explosive and subjective nature of the poet's expression.Fabio Scotto