{"product_id":"midnights-gate-bei-dao-9780811215848","title":"Midnight's Gate: Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwenty essays about Bei Dao's life in exile since Tiananmen Square.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Knowledge of death is the only key that can open midnight's gate.\"\u003c\/i\u003eBei Dao Bei Dao has gained international acclaim over the last decade for his haunting interior poetic landscapes; his poetry is translated and published in some twenty-five languages around the world. Now, in \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Gate\u003c\/i\u003e, Bei Dao redefines the essay form with the same elliptical precision of his poetry, but with an openness and humor that complements the complexity of his poems. The twenty essays of \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Gate\u003c\/i\u003e form a travelogue of a poet who has lived in some seven countries since his exile from China in 1989. The work carries us from Palestine to Sacramento. At one point we are led into a basement in Paris for a production of Gorky's \u003ci\u003eLower Depths\u003c\/i\u003e, the next moment we are in the mountains of China where Bei Dao worked for eleven years as a concrete mixer and ironworker. The subjective experience deepens and multiplies in these essays, filled with the stories of ordinary Chinese immigrants, as well as those of literary, artistic, and political figures. And it all coheres with a poet's observations, meditations, and memories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bei Dao, Matthew Fryslie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811215849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811215848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2005 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2005 pg. 324","brand":"Bei Dao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202675491071,"sku":"9780811215848","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c8c17fd-04fa-49d9-ba3f-e4c37da05ac8.jpg?v=1756833072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midnights-gate-bei-dao-9780811215848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}