Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching - Hardcover

Le Guin, Ursula K.; Seaton, Jerome P.; Lao-Tzu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570623333 ISBN 13: 9781570623332

Publisher: Shambhala, 1997

Synopsis

Avoiding scholarly interpretations and esoteric Taoist insights, the author reveals, through her own commentary, notes, and text, the essence of the Tao Te Ching, its immediate relevance and power, and its depth and refreshing humor. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Like Stephen Mitchell, acclaimed author and poet Ursula K. Le Guin has attempted a nonliteral, poetic rendition of the Tao Te Ching. She brings to it a punctuated grace that can only have been hammered out during long trials of wordsmithing. The wisdom that she finds in the Tao Te Ching is primal, and her spare, undulating phrases speak volumes. By making the text her own, Le Guin avoids such questions as "Is it accurate?" By making it her own, she has made it for us--a new, uncarved block from which we are free to sculpt our own meaning.

About the Author:

Ursula K. Le Guin is the winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Gandalf, Kafka, and National Book Awards. She is the author of many short stories and more than fifteen novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed. She is also an honored author of children's books, poetry, and criticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1570623333
• ISBN 13: 9781570623332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 125