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Dawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae’s first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old.
Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generation’s leading resistance poet.
Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry.
The war of night labor once over,I pour cold soju over my aching heart. Ah . . . I can’t go on like this for long. For sure, I can’t go on like this. —"Dawn of Labor"If I ever kill myself, I’ll probably do it at dawn. —"For a Peaceful Evening"We too want to become heaven. Not a dark clouded heaventhat presses down,but a clear blue heavenover a world that lifts one another. —"Heaven
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, 1 b&w illustration
- Publisher:University of Hawai'i Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2024
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- ISBN:9780824895648
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- Hardback from £74.00
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, 1 b&w illustration
- Publisher:University of Hawai'i Press
- Publication Date:30/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780824895648