Pulling A Dragon's Teeth
by
Shao Wei
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Pitt Poetry Series
ISBN-10
082295835X
ISBN-13
9780822958352
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 7th, 2003
Print length
80 Pages
Weight
136 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.30 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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There is a proverb in China, ""pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth"", used to describe any extremely difficult task. When Shao Wei arrived in America aged 31, her desire to write poems in English seemed equally challenging. This volume covers her experiences and the pains and joys of displacement.
There is a proverb in China, hu kou ba ya, literally “pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth,” used to describe any extremely difficult task. When Shao Wei first arrived in the United States at age thirty-one, her desire to write poems in English seemed almost impossible. Pulling a Dragon's Teeth, a first stop on the successful journey toward that goal, is filled with the rhythms and visions of this exciting young poet. Shuttling between her childhood in a small mountain city on the shores of the Yangtze River (soon to be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam Project) and adulthood in Manhattan, Shao Weicaptures the pains and joys of tradition and displacement familiar to any immigrant. Blending fairy tales, New York images, family stories, and the universal rites of passage associated with growing up, she paints a vibrant canvas of passion and imagination.
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