A painter and writer, Mu Xin (1927–2011) received his artistic education in cosmopolitan Shanghai. During the Chinese Civil War, he fled to Taiwan; at the war’s conclusion, he returned to the mainland. Having survived persecution at home, for two decades he lived in New York, and resettled in his hometown, Wuzhen, at the end of his life.
In old age, a reclusive Mu Xin enjoyed literary renown in the Sinophone sphere. Of his oeuvre, he was most content with his poetry. Toward Bravery, selected and translated by Mingyuan Hu, is the first collection of Mu Xin’s poetry to appear in English. Published in 2017, it is reissued in 2022 in a bilingual format.
£16.99
Author: Mu Xin 木心 |
Translator: Mingyuan Hu |
Publisher: Hermits United |
Release Date: 7 July 2022 |
Genre: Poetry |
Language: English; traditional Chinese |
Pages: 96 |
Dimensions: 132 x 195 mm |
Format: Paperback |
ISBN: 978-1-9998833-1-7 |
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About Hermits United
Hermits United is an independent literary press.
It publishes poetry, fiction, and prose, of authors ancient, modern, and contemporary.
Specialising in bilingual editions and polyglot translations, it delights in unexpected juxtapositions and affinities.
Readers are invited to explore its catalogue as an ensemble, and to voyage far, in space and in time.
HU 01 — Toward Bravery and Other Poems
HU 02 — Late Roses and Early Snow
HU 04 — Oratory and Democracy in China (475–221 BC)
HU 05 — Virtue Politics: Mencius on kingly rule (372–289 BC)
HU 06 — Good Beyond Evil: Xunzi on human nature (313–238 BC)
HU 07 — Les Assassins de Confucius
HU 09 — The Assassins of Confucius
HU 10 — Realpolitik: Han Fei on mighty reign (280–233 BC)
HU 11 — Lament in Love: The verses of Qu Yuan (340–278 BC)
HU 12 — The Eremitic and Extravagant (420–444 AD)
HU 14 — The Peking Opera Reform
HU 16 — Fou Lei: An Insistence on Truth
HU 18 — Fou Lai. Un héros vaincu
HU 19 — Le détachement féminin rouge
HU 20 — The Red Detachment of Women
HU 23 — The Bold and Untrammelled (420–444 AD)
HU 24 — The Hero as Man of Letters
HU 25 — L’histoire de Jules César
HU 28 — Les vertes années
HU 31 — La philosophie d’Hippolyte Taine
HU 32 — Je ne quitterai jamais mes amis
HU 33 — Fou Lei
HU 34 — Mes amis
HU 35 — The flâneur of Paris
HU 36 — My Friends
HU 37 — De Pictura (847–853 AD)
HU 38 — Aspiring to the Lofty (580–1072 AD)
HU 39 — Genius and Character (1037–1101 AD)
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