{"product_id":"yao-feng-one-love-only-until-death","title":"Yao Feng, One Love Only Until Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Yao Feng\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003cspan\u003es spare lyric poetry, the Other isn\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003cspan\u003et a slippery manifestation, it is the self. The collection holds up a mirror to the most complex human relationship\u003c\/span\u003e—\u003cspan\u003ethat of the poet to the poet. In poetry that marries imagism with humor, moments of lightheartedness serve to heighten the gravity of Yao Feng\u003c\/span\u003e’\u003cspan\u003es subject matter. \u003c\/span\u003e“\u003cspan\u003eSo much did I use the face\/ that no longer loves me,\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003cspan\u003e he writes, \u003c\/span\u003e“\u003cspan\u003ethe face became a mask.\u003c\/span\u003e”\u003cspan\u003e The poet fixes a gaze on his own image and lands in the precarious middle between total love and annihilation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 42\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYao Feng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the pen-name of Yao Jingming, was born in Beijing in 1958. He studied Portuguese at university and worked as a diplomat for a time, but is now based in the former Portuguese colony of Macao. In additon to writing poetry in Chinese, he also writes in Portuguese and translates Portuguese poerty into Chinese. In 2006, he was awarded the Ordem Militar de Santiago de Espada medal by the President of Portugal. His \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecame out in 2009. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eYao Feng, \u003cem\u003eOne Love Only Until Death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2017. deciBels series 2. ISBN \u003c\/span\u003e978-1-922181-81-7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e102mm x 154mm. 42pp.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40528232836,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/Feng_db2_cover_7.jpg?v=1501221064","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/yao-feng-one-love-only-until-death","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}