{"id":2948,"date":"2015-01-21T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T01:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2015-01-17T13:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T05:44:45","slug":"asian-cha-reviews-han-dong-lan-lan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2948","title":{"rendered":"Asian Cha reviews Han Dong & Lan Lan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Image\"<\/a>Lu Jin at Cha<\/a> <\/em>reviews A Phone Call from Dalian <\/em>\u6765\u81ea\u5927\u8fde\u7684\u7535\u8bdd, by Han Dong \u97e9\u4e1c as edited and translated by Nicky Harman, and Canyon in the Body <\/em>\u8eab\u4f53\u91cc\u7684\u5ce1\u8c37, by Lan Lan \u84dd\u84dd as translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain.<\/p>\n

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While Han Dong’s poetry is manly, controlled and ironic, Lan Lan’s work is highly lyrical sensuous, delicate, with a tender sophistication … For both titles, the apt, delicious English translations add new possibilities to the aesthetic life of the poems. Despite a \"Image\"<\/a>few missteps,<\/a><\/sup> imagery and wit continue to surprise, and the original sensibility is eloquently transmitted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click either of the images to link to the review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lu Jin at Cha reviews A Phone Call from Dalian \u6765\u81ea\u5927\u8fde\u7684\u7535\u8bdd, by Han Dong \u97e9\u4e1c as edited and translated by Nicky Harman, and Canyon in the Body \u8eab\u4f53\u91cc\u7684\u5ce1\u8c37, by Lan Lan \u84dd\u84dd as translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain. 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