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What is Darkening

What is Darkening
Author
Ra Heeduk
Co-Author
-
Translator
-
Publisher
제인 출판사
Published Year
2006
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Poetry > 21st century poetry

Original Title
어두워진다는 것은
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Eoduwojindaneun geoseun
ISBN
9780895818409
Page
73
Volume
-
Writer default image
  • Ra Heeduk
  • Birth : 1966 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Heeduk
  • Family Name : Ra
  • Korean Name : 나희덕
  • ISNI : 0000000374736398
  • Works : 13
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 811 나희덕 어-최 LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

"What Is Darkening," the fourth collection of poems by poet Ra Hee-duk (b.1966), has now been translated and published in English. The book talks about her concept of life and her faith. The book includes the poems "What Is Darkening," "Near the Peach Tree," "A Month for an Ax," "Raindrop," and "Obsessed with a Spider." The poem "What is Darkening," lending its title to the book, starts with "When 5:44 becomes 5:45/ as I lie in the room," explaining what it means to be "darkening." For the poet, the passage of time means "darkening." As time takes warmth away from the world, a poplar falls in the distance and its bark begins to dry. It is the moment of death. Then, all memory stops at 5:45. In the end, the poet rubs her broken ribs alone and recalls her own past.

 

Source: http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Culture/view?articleId=124357

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