Tankeflykt och eftertankar

by Gao Xingjian, Jonas Modig (Translator), Maiping Chen (Translator)

Gao Xingjian, Nobelpristagare i litteratur 2000, skriver sällan poesi och denna bok är den första diktsamlingen med hans verk i svensk översättning. Samlingen ger en inblick i Gaos frihetsfilosofi och oberoende anda, och kastar ljus över hans tankar som författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Här möter vi Gao som en naturlig, varm och insiktsfull tänkare med förmåga att skapa elegans, skönhet och sin egen form av esoterisk vishet, ibland nästan överdrivet uppriktig, men aldrig utan humor och finess.

Genres: Poetry

127 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Gao Xingjian is a Chinese-born novelist, playwright, critic, and painter. An émigré to France since 1987, Gao was granted French citizenship in 1997. The recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature, he is also a noted translator (particularly of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco), screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter.

Reviews

[Joshua · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful collection of poems and illustrations.

[Ken Paterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s a beautifully produced book with some remarkable illustrations, but the real wonder is the poetry in translation. (Translation by Gilbert C.F. Fong). So many strange and arresting images, so many profound ideas, lightly expressed. My favourite piece is 'As Carefree as a Bird', the first part of which is probably as close as any of us will come to experiencing life as a bird. There are so many lines I can’t quite explain, but that stay in the mind, even after the first reading, such as: ‘The pendulum swings to its amplitude/It falls down by itself' … ‘An aeroplane/Crashes down/Onto a child’s dream’ … ‘It’s quiet in the snow-covered park/The snow has absorbed all meaning’.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heavy and light, sometimes simultaneously.
A good set of poems.