Gull between heaven and earth
Kim Cheng Boey
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For Emperor and Country, or Love and Family?Zimei (子美) is faced with a bleak future. Despite his great potential and hailing from an illustrious lineage, he serves his Emperor as a lowly Tang Dynasty official, having failed the Imperial Examinations twice.He sets out on a lifelong journey, seeking out first hermits and sages, then peace and home while documenting in verse the sufferings unleashed by civil war, sealing a friendship with the infamous Li Bai that will leave a remarkable legacy to Chinese literature.Zimei's story is the life of Du Fu (杜甫, 712-770), China’s first poet-historian and the nation’s greatest poet, reimagined in this epic debut novel by multi-award-winning author Boey Kim Cheng.
Main title:
Gull between heaven and earth / by Boey Kim Cheng
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Imprint:
Singapore : Epigram Books,, 2017
Collation:
274 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9789814785242
Language:
English
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BRN:
3640888