{"product_id":"driftwood-paperback","title":"Driftwood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLo Fu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Balcom\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraces of Rilke are unearthed in Lo Fu's long poem sequence, \u003ci\u003eDriftwood\u003c\/i\u003e, along with his affection for surrealism and the early modernists such as Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Apollinaire and the more contemporary verse of Wallace Stevens. On New Year's Day 2001, the poem appeared in the literary supplement to the \u003ci\u003eLiberty Times\u003c\/i\u003e in Taiwan and was serialized for three months straight. Lo Fu has won almost every literary award in Taiwan and has published more than three dozen volumes of poetry, essays, criticism and translations. Despite his prolific output, Lo Fu considers \u003ci\u003eDriftwood\u003c\/i\u003e to be the book that sums up his experience of exile, his artistic explorations and his metaphysics; \u003ci\u003eDriftwood\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal epic and the greatest achievement of his old age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLo Fu\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of Mo Luofu, who was born in Hengyang, Hunan Province, in 1928. He joined the military during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and moved to Taiwan in 1949. While stationed in southern Taiwan in 1954, he founded the Epoch Poetry Society with Zhang Mo and Ya Xian, serving as the editor of the \u003ci\u003eEpoch Poetry Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e for more than a decade. He immigrated to Vancouver in 1996, where he still lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Balcom\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than a dozen books into English from Chinese. He is associate professor and Chinese program head at the Monterey Institute. Balcom previously collaborated with Lo Fu on the translation of his book of poetry \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Stone Cell\u003c\/i\u003e (Taoran Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLo Fu is the pen name of Mo Luofu, born in China in 1928. He joined the military during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and moved to Taiwan in 1949. While stationed in southern Taiwan in 1954, he founded the Epoch Poetry Society with Zhang Mo and Ya Xian. He immigrated to Vancouver in 1996, where he still lives. John Balcom has published more than a dozen books into English from Chinese. He is Associate Professor and Chinese Program Head at the Monterey Institute, and current president of ALTA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695678951487,"sku":"9780939010837","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ee82017f53835d0492906b988b708968.webp?v=1765004681","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/driftwood-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}