A01=Er Zhang
ancestral village
ancient and modern belief systems
Author_Er Zhang
burial ritual
bury the ashes of her paternal grandparents
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explores death and life
imagination
journey home
multi-branched
multi-generational clan
sensory experience
Shanxi province
translated into English
Product details
- ISBN 9781938890932
- Dimensions: 152 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 11 Oct 2018
- Publisher: Zephyr Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The poet travels from her home in the United States to her ancestral village in Shanxi province to bury the ashes of her paternal grandparents in a ritual lasting several days. The narrative arc of the story movingly explores death and life, a multi-branched and multi-generational clan, and ancient and modern belief systems, as it moves toward a tragic climax. First Mountain is Zhang Er’s third book to be published by Zephyr Press, and includes an introduction about the collaborative process between Zhang Er and Joseph Donahue to render the book into English.
JOSEPH DONAHUE is an American poet, critic, and editor. Donahue was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College for his undergraduate degree, received his doctorate at Columbia University, and lived for many years in New York City. He now resides in Durham, North Carolina, where teaches at Duke University. The third volume in Joseph Donahue's ongoing poem Terra Lucida, entitled Dark Church, was published by Verge Books in 2015. Other recent titles include Red Flash on a Black Field and Dissolves.
