Night-Sky Checkerboard

Night-Sky Checkerboard introduces English-language readers to the imagistic lyricism of a Korean master at the peak of his powers. As a young poet fascinated by Modernism, Oh Sae-young attempted to reproduce the inner landscapes of the dislocated self produced by industrial society before arriving at the more existentialist concerns that dominate his work today. The present volume, fluidly translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé, reflects Oh Sae-young's harmonious fusion of image with idea, with woodpeckers pecking secret coded messages, the farmer finding the ground's erogenous zones, and a cloud factory on strike.

Author: Oh Sae-young, Brother Anthony Of Taizé

Publisher: Phoneme Media

Publication Date: May 10, 2016

Number of Pages: 128 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1939419476

ISBN-13: 9781939419477