Description: Further DetailsTitle: Moonlight Rests in My Left PalmCondition: NewSubtitle: Poems and EssaysEAN: 9781662600470ISBN: 9781662600470Publisher: Minedition (imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)Format: HardbackRelease Date: 09/14/2021Description: Starting with the viral poem "Crossing Half of China to Fuck You," Yu Xiuhua's raw collection chronicles her life as a disabled, divorced, single mother in rural China.Yu Xiuhua was born with cerebral palsy in Hengdian Village in the Hunan Province, in Southern China. Unable to attend college, travel, or work the land with her parents, Yu remained home where she could help with housework. Eventually she was forced into an arranged marriage that became abusive. She divorced her husband and moved back in with her parents, taking her son with her. In defiance of the stigma attached to her disability, her status as a divorced single mother, and as a peasant in rural China, Yu found her voice in poetry. Starting in the late 90's, her writing became a vehicle with which to explore and share her reflections on homesickness, family and ancestry, the reality of disability in the context of a body's urges and desires. Then, Yu's poem "Crossing Half of China to Fuck You" blew open the doors on the patriarchal and traditionalist world of contemporary Chinese poetry. She became an internet sensation, finding a devoted following among young readers who enthusiastically welcomed her fresh, bold, confessional voice into the literary canon. Thematically organized, Yu's essays and poems are in conversation with each other around subjects that include love, nostalgia, mortality, the natural world and writing itself.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Yu XiuhuaTranslator: Fiona Sze-LorrainContributor: Fiona Sze-Lorrain (Translated by)Genre: Poetry & DramaTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Moonlight Rests in My Left Palm
Title: Moonlight Rests in My Left Palm
Subtitle: Poems and Essays
EAN: 9781662600470
ISBN: 9781662600470
Release Date: 09/14/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Contributor: Fiona Sze-Lorrain (Translated by)
Original Language: Chinese
Book Title: Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm : Poems and Essays
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Asian / Chinese, Subjects & Themes / Nature, General, Essays
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Poetry, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 10.8 Oz
Author: Yu Xiuhua
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
