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First English-language collection from a leading poet in South Korea.

Kim Haengsook is one South Korea’s most eminent contemporary poets, but a complete collection of her poems has never appeared in English before now. This selection draws on her work across her career and five books in Korean. Haengsook's poetic spaces are shrouded in a magic fog that is clarifying instead of obscuring. Built out of a language that incorporates a strategy of what she calls "precise ambiguity," her work radiates outward like great waves whose philosophical rhythm you can't help but get caught in.




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"Chosen by the poet from books she has published during the past two decades, Human Time spans the voices the poet has engaged with. Whether in the sky or underground, vanishing staircase or field trip . . . the urgency of what is being said is the music we have been longing to hear. As the poet tells us: 'Time, we’re always in the thick of it.' I think we would be derelict if we did not join her there." –John Yau

Human Time: Selected Poems

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      Publisher: Black Ocean
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/05/2023
      ISBN13: 9781939568694, 978-1939568694
      ISBN10: 1939568692
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      First English-language collection from a leading poet in South Korea.

      Kim Haengsook is one South Korea’s most eminent contemporary poets, but a complete collection of her poems has never appeared in English before now. This selection draws on her work across her career and five books in Korean. Haengsook's poetic spaces are shrouded in a magic fog that is clarifying instead of obscuring. Built out of a language that incorporates a strategy of what she calls "precise ambiguity," her work radiates outward like great waves whose philosophical rhythm you can't help but get caught in.




      Trade Review
      "Chosen by the poet from books she has published during the past two decades, Human Time spans the voices the poet has engaged with. Whether in the sky or underground, vanishing staircase or field trip . . . the urgency of what is being said is the music we have been longing to hear. As the poet tells us: 'Time, we’re always in the thick of it.' I think we would be derelict if we did not join her there." –John Yau

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