{"product_id":"9781800175365-impossible-paradise","title":"Impossible Paradise","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelected Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e introducing this award-winning Taiwanese poet in English for the first time. Chen's ardent vision spans our world, ancient and present, resonant to the core, blending Eastern and Western sensibilities in a brilliant tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Poetry Book Society Translation Choice Spring 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘May the stone steps and the deep-sleeping door summon\u003cbr\u003ethe camellia’s impossible paradise\u003cbr\u003eand your face the impossible key\u003cbr\u003eMay the window shudder\u003cbr\u003eMay the notes be blue\u003cbr\u003eand the candleflame shake unequivocally’\u003cbr\u003e(from ‘May the Rain’)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Taiwan’s most celebrated poets, Chen Yuhong draws on both Western and Asian literary traditions, inflected by her work as a translator of contemporary English-language women poets (Glück, Oswald, Duffy). This selection makes her art widely available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer award-winning translators, George O’Connell and Diana Shi, carry across the richly metaphorical lexicon of her poems and their uncanny inhabitation of places both real and imagined, conjuring mood, angles of thought or light, animal presence, and the tides of the seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a world where much that seemed united has frayed, Chen Yuhong’s finely balanced poems bring us news of other imagined worlds, and acknowledge the unexpected, its capacity to terrify or astonish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195746132342,"sku":"9781800175365","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39947434_df587931-124e-4920-b9e1-ae674ad206d5.jpg?v=1770845221","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781800175365-impossible-paradise","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}