A Distant Center Dang Dang Books “A sprawling

“A sprawling

“Edward Wong’s exquisite family chronicle achieves a level of humane illumination that only one of America’s finest reporters on China could deliver

It all begins with the Great Kanto Earthquake

會看見在白天升起的寒冷弦月。

A Distant Center Dang Dang Books “A sprawlingIn the bold tradition of the Misty Poets, Ha Jin confronts Chinas fraught political history while paying tribute to its rich culture and landscape. The poems of A Distant Center speak in a voice that is steady and direct, balancing contemplative longing with sober warnings from a writer who has confronted the traumas of censorship and state violence. With unadorned language and epigrammatic wit, Jin conjures scenes that encompass the personal,