The North American debut of Tuamp7879 Samp7929poet monk scholar dissident and one of the great cultural figures of modern Vietnamamp8212and a new bilingual edition to the Seedbank seriesIn addition to being a preeminent scholar of world philosophy and a Zen master Tuamp7879 Samp7929 is one of Vietnams 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 yearsamp8212and a fulllength translation of his work into English is long overdueAssembled and cotranslated 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 Tuamp7879 Samp7929amp8217s 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 quotfleeting dream of red blood at duskquot to the quiet determination of one who sets out to amp8220repaint the dawnamp8221 these poems reflect the journey of an artist who speaks for his country who captures its darkness and its lightAt once personal and universal coolly observant and deeply compassionate the poems of Tuamp7879 Samp7929 bring singular...
