The Essential Chuang Tzu
$35.99
- Paperback
194 pages
- Release Date
15 November 1999
Summary
The Chuang Tzu has been translated into English numerous times, but never with the freshness, accessibility, and accuracy of this remarkable rendering. Here the immediacy of Chuang Tzu’s language is restored in an idiom that is both completely fresh and true to the original text. This unique collaboration between one of America’s premier poet-translators and a leading Chinese scholar presents the so-called “Inner Chapters” of the text, along with important selections from other chapters thoug…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781570624575 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1570624577 |
| Author: | Zhuangzi |
| Publisher: | Shambhala |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 194 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 1999 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 153mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
“This new translation, which expertly preserves the humor and bite of these ancient teachings, will entice a whole new audience to read–and reread–Chuang Tzu’s writings.”– Publishers Weekly.
About The Author
Zhuangzi
Sam Hamill has translated more than two dozen books from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, and Estonian. He has published fourteen volumes of original poetry. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Mellon Fund. He was awarded the Decoracion de la Universidad de Carabobo in Venezuela, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry from Washington Poets Association, and the PEN American Freedom to Write Award. He cofounded and served as Editor at Copper Canyon Press for thirty-two years and is the Director of Poets Against War.
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