Crow's Eye View: The Infamy of Lee Sang, Korean Poet - Softcover

Olson, Janice; Kim, Myong-Hee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 091538048X ISBN 13: 9780915380480

Publisher: The Word Works, 2002

Synopsis

The poetry and fiction of Lee (also written in English as Yi) Sang premieres in this first English collection translated by Myong-Hee Kim with original artwork by Janice Olson. Revered in current day Korea, Lee Sang (1910-1937) outraged Korean society during his brief life with experimental and iconoclastic poetry. His subject matter, which includes references to Al Capone and Jesus Christ, reaches across international boundaries and speaks to readers in America.

About this title

From the Publisher

This translation by Myong-Hee Kim is the first volume ever published in English. It includes selected poems from Lee Sang's Ogamdo (Crow's Eye View) and Chibi (Paper Tombstones) Series as well as his short story "Boredom." The collection will interest a general adult audience and will have special appeal to young adults.

From the Inside Flap

. David R. McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University said about this translation:

"Myong-Hee Kim's translations enable Yi [Lee] Sang's works to refuse the usual indignities of translation; they give the reader a clear view of the qualities that have made Yi [Lee] Sang one of the most notable writers in modern Korean literature."

Edition details

• Publisher: The Word Works
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 091538048X
• ISBN 13: 9780915380480
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 100