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Dreaming the Mountain Kindle Edition

by Tue Sy (Author), Nguyen Ba Chung (Translator), Martha Collins (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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The North American debut of Tuệ Sỹ—poet, monk, scholar, dissident, and one of the great cultural figures of modern Vietnam—and a new bilingual edition to the Seedbank series.

In addition to being a preeminent scholar of world philosophy and a Zen master, TuệSỹ is one of Vietnam’s most celebrated poets. He is a survivor of sixteen years of imprisonment and an eloquent witness to the tumult, tragedy, and resilience of his country over the last sixty years—and a full-length translation of his work into English is long overdue.

Assembled and co-translated by Vietnamese poet and essayist Nguyen Ba Chung and acclaimed American poet Martha Collins, Dreaming the Mountain reflects a lifetime of creation, crisis, and commitment. With poems presented on facing pages in Vietnamese and English, this volume includes the early imagism of Tuệ Sỹ’s Zen studies as a scholar and critic, midlife work that represents his attempted retreat from the devastation of war and subsequent years of imprisonment, and late, elliptical poems that give intensely lyrical expression to a lifetime of profound experience. From the “fleeting dream of red blood at dusk” to the quiet determination of one who sets out to “repaint the dawn,” these poems reflect the journey of an artist who speaks for his country, who captures its darkness and its light.

At once personal and universal, coolly observant and deeply compassionate, the poems of Tuệ Sỹ bring singular attention to a fleeting, painfully beautiful world.

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    150 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Milkweed Editions
  4. Publication date
    June 13, 2023
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSFVLSKQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Milkweed Editions (June 13, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.6 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 150 pages
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Tue Sy

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Hòa thượng Thích Tuệ Sỹ, tục danh Phạm Văn Thương, sinh ngày 15 tháng 2 năm 1943 tại Paksé, Lào, quê tại Quảng Bình, Việt Nam. Ông là một học giả uyên bác về Phật giáo, nguyên giáo sư thực thụ của Đại học Vạn Hạnh tại Sài Gòn, nhà văn, nhà thơ, dịch giả và là một người bất đồng chính kiến với Chính phủ Việt Nam. Ông hiện là Đệ nhất phó Viện trưởng Viện Hóa Đạo của Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất (GHPGVNTN).

Ông thông thạo tiếng Trung Quốc, tiếng Anh, tiếng Pháp, tiếng Pali, tiếng Phạn và tiếng Nhật, đọc hiểu tiếng Đức. Ông được giới học giả Việt Nam đánh giá cao vì đã công bố nhiều tiểu luận, chuyên khảo, thơ và nhiều công trình dịch thuật Phật giáo từ tiếng Phạn, tiếng Trung Hoa và tiếng Nhật. Lúc bị bắt năm 1984, ông và Thích Trí Siêu, được coi là 2 nhà sư uyên bác nhất của Phật giáo Việt Nam, đang soạn thảo quyển Bách khoa Phật học Ðại Tự diển.

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  • Cindy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Important contribution to the legacy
    Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2023
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    This new collection of poetry combines the insights of a zen master with his lived experience of Viet Nam caught-up in devastating conflict. Beautifully translated, these poems are clean and clear and seem to faithfully convey the poignance of the original text.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars heartfelt, touching, inspiring
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    A magnificent piece of work. Great for any contemplative. Written by a venerable who truly comprehends all of reality. This text is beyond regular knowing, philosophy, religious ideals, or anything. I think one has to read even to understand this review because it is impossible to state the level of awe I am in to read this.
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