Reviews

Poems of the Late T'ang by Li Shangyin, A.C. Graham, Lu T'ung, Meng Chao, Han Yü, Li Ho, Du Fu

bookwomble's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

dycojams's review

reflective medium-paced

3.0

alannah1309's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

i32505's review

3.0

Having background knowledge of the T'ang period of Chinese history and the culture's lore in general would have made these poems much more palatable, but there was still a good bit of universality. I liked poems by Li Ho, Tu Fu, Meng Chiao, and Tu Mu.

j07rose's review

5.0

http://assets.nybooks.com/media/doc/2010/02/23/poems-late-tang-excerpt.pdf

best two poems i took away from this book. Tu-Fu's - To my younger brother, moved me to tears

nicholasbobbitt1997's review

2.0

Maybe I'm just not suited for translated poetry from China.