Enough to Say It's Far

"McCann and Shin have executed what seem to me a perfect set of translations. The work is all of a piece, and all very fine."--Richard Howard, series editor of theLockert Library of Poetry in Translation, and author ofInner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003"This translation of selected poems by one of South Korea's most respected lyric poets illuminates his work for the first time in English. These poems do not neglect to remind the reader of irrecoverable time, but insist on the mind's ability to bear the richness of what has been lost, captured in Pak's image of the persimmon, the deep orange fruit arriving late in the year. The poems have been rendered in an evocative English afterlife by the translators. Their decisions, particularly regarding words difficult to translate, prove to be astute and effective. It is a welcome work that fills a large gap in Korean poetry in English."--Ann Y. Choi, Rutgers UniversityChaesam, Pak is the author of 'Enough to Say It's Far ' with ISBN 9780691124469 and ISBN 0691124469.