- Paperback: 72 pages
- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (Aug 15 1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0226399877
- ISBN-13: 978-0226399874
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 141 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,264,018 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Mixing autobiography with invented other voices, this book is an extraordinary meditation on what it means to have lived the history of China in the second half of the twentieth century. At its best, Ha Jin's language is as accessible, penetrating, and mysterious as Pound's Cathay. This is a profound book, an event."—Frank Bidart
"In these poems Ha Jin gives voice to the millions whose lives were altered and whose tongues were silenced by the Cultural Revolution. . . .If Ha Jin speaks in tongues in these poems, we feel him behind those voices—the hidden director behind the scenes—never as a presence filled with stridency and self-congratulation; he brings a great empathy and compassion to his depiction of the fallible men and women whose acts and attitudes together make up history."—Roger Gilbert, Hungry Mind Review
"In these poems Ha Jin gives voice to the millions whose lives were altered and whose tongues were silenced by the Cultural Revolution. . . .If Ha Jin speaks in tongues in these poems, we feel him behind those voices—the hidden director behind the scenes—never as a presence filled with stridency and self-congratulation; he brings a great empathy and compassion to his depiction of the fallible men and women whose acts and attitudes together make up history."—Roger Gilbert, Hungry Mind Review
About the Author
Ha Jin is the author of five novels, including, A Free Life and War Trash, which was the recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award, as well as three collections of short stories and three books of poetry. He teaches at Boston University.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Between Silences is far from silent,
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This review is from: Between Silences: A Voice from China (Paperback)
Ha Jin is probably better known as the author of a critically acclaimed novel, Waiting, than for his poetry. Xuefei Jiin uses the pen name of Ha Jin, and this book of poems arose from his experiences in the Chinese Army during the Cultural Revolution. Many of the poems can be applied to situations other than China at that time, such as "Because We Dare Not be Ambitious." How many of us have expressed the desire to be president as did the child in this poem? But no matter where one lives, children can be cruel and Ha Jin acknowledges this when he ends this poems with the child being ridiculed for his dream. Some of his poetry is easy to understand and relate to as a non-Chinese person. But some pertain only to Chinese Army experiences during those turbulent times, and for those who did not live throught this period, the poems may not be as meaningful. Many of the poetery in this volume deserve more than a cursory reading and are poems which can be read again and again, and each time more insight is gained. This is a book which is recommended for those lovers of poetry who want something beyond simple verse.
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Between Silences is far from silent,
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This review is from: Between Silences: A Voice from China (Paperback)
Ha Jin is probably better known as the author of a critically acclaimed novel, Waiting, than for his poetry. Xuefei Jiin uses the pen name of Ha Jin, and this book of poems arose from his experiences in the Chinese Army during the Cultural Revolution. Many of the poems can be applied to situations other than China at that time, such as "Because We Dare Not be Ambitious." How many of us have expressed the desire to be president as did the child in this poem? But no matter where one lives, children can be cruel and Ha Jin acknowledges this when he ends this poems with the child being ridiculed for his dream. Some of his poetry is easy to understand and relate to as a non-Chinese person. But some pertain only to Chinese Army experiences during those turbulent times, and for those who did not live throught this period, the poems may not be as meaningful. Many of the poetery in this volume deserve more than a cursory reading and are poems which can be read again and again, and each time more insight is gained. This is a book which is recommended for those lovers of poetry who want something beyond simple verse.
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