Words as Grain
- 280 pages
- 10 hours of reading
An authoritative new collection by one of China's most lauded poets
Duo Duo, a foremost poet of the 1970s 'Misty Poets' movement, is a master of the Chinese language who dreams between reality and the poetic realm. His early, short, and elliptical works offered political critiques, later shifting towards more philosophical, essayistic constructions that emphasized syntax, repetition, and rhetoric. Following the events of 1989, Duo Duo experienced exile, where his poetry explored meditations on rootlessness and displacement. Despite Western influences and a global reach, his work remains grounded in classical Chinese prosody, forging a unique new tradition.

An authoritative new collection by one of China's most lauded poets