Dawn of Labor
Author | : Nohae Park |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 0824895649 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780824895648 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dawn of Labor written by Nohae Park and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 heaven that presses down, but a clear blue heaven over a world that lifts one another. --"Heaven"