Jiang Tao
For a Splendid Sunny Apocalypse
For a Splendid Sunny Apocalypse
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Jiang Tao's self-mocking poems explore discontent with the world, using metaphor, satire, melancholy, nostalgia, dispassion, and lyricism to comment on society's flaws and propose remedies.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 07 September 2023
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Jiang Tao's self-mocking poems, populated with youths and elders, cellphones, and televisions, offer a critique of the world's state. Through the intricate use of metaphor, he showcases his profound wit and poetic mastery, creating subtle layers of satire that serve as commentary and proposed remedies for societal flaws. However, melancholy, nostalgia, dispassion, and occasional lyricism also play a role as he explores the passage of time, city life, materialism, economic realities, and the difficulties of human communication and connection. Jiang Tao's verse is a quintessential expression of urban malaise in contemporary China, as translator Josh Stenberg has noted.
Weight: 162g
Dimension: 152 x 203 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781938890222
Edition number: Bilingual 'facing page' ed
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