{"product_id":"the-life-of-tu-fu","title":"The Life of Tu Fu","description":"For over fifty years Eliot Weinberger has been celebrated for his innovative literary and political essays--translated into over thirty languages--as well as his trailblazing translations from the Spanish. In his exquisite new book \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Tu Fu\u003c\/em\u003e, Weinberger has composed a montage of fifty-eight poems that capture the life and times of the great Tang Dynasty poet Tu Fu (712-770 AD). As he writes in a note to the edition, \"This is not a translation of individual poems, but a fictional autobiography of Tu Fu derived and adapted from the thoughts, images, and allusions in the poetry.\" Through lines as penetrating as a classical tanka and as fluid as a mountain stream, themes of endless war and ongoing pandemic surround the wandering life of the ancient Chinese master.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833683947725,"sku":"9780811238052","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_6397cfa0-695b-4e70-a1fe-8221026a4cce.jpg?v=1790892799","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-life-of-tu-fu","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}