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Back to Heaven - Selected Poems of Ch'on Sang Pyong (Paperback): Sang Pyong Ch'on

Back to Heaven - Selected Poems of Ch'on Sang Pyong (Paperback)

Sang Pyong Ch'on; Translated by Brother Anthony of Taize, Young-Moo Kim

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These poems by "the happiest man in the world" are full of light though written in dark times. Ch'on had the art of seeing the beauty of life beyond all the pain, and of putting it into the music of words. Recently, many young Koreans have discovered in these poems and in the poet's life the innocence and honesty they look for in vain in modern society. His poverty and his body broken by torture never made Ch'on bitter or angry; his poems are hymns of joy at the marvels of nature and the simple pleasures of life. His greatest poem sees death, not as the end but as a journey "back to heaven" where he plans to tell the angels how beautiful life in this world can be.

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Imprint:	Cornell University East Asia Program
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2010
Authors:	Sang Pyong Ch'on
Translators:	Brother Anthony of Taize • Young-Moo Kim
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-885445-77-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-885445-77-6
Barcode:	9781885445773