{"product_id":"flowers-of-a-moment","title":"Flowers of a Moment","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2007 Northern California Book Award in Translation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlowers of a Moment\u003c\/em\u003e, Ko Un's latest treasure trove, is a recital of a stunning range of feeling, intellection, and expression featuring 180 brief zen poems from Korea's most beloved poet and four-time Nobel Prize nominee. These are intimate sketches by a literary giant at the apex of his career, in the autumn of his life. The effect of these poems is as subtle as the freshest green tea, as tonic as the best ginseng, as powerful as a shaman drum solo, as intimate as a standing before a waterfall. This edition also features a dozen inkbrush calligraphies by the poet, done especially for the english-language edition. \"Bodhisattva of Korean poetry, exuberant, demotic, abundant, obsessed with poetic creation... Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.\"-- Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIn the old days a poet once said\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the old days a poet once said\u003cbr\u003e our nation is destroyed\u003cbr\u003e yet the mountains and rivers survive\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Today's poet says\u003cbr\u003e the mountains and rivers are destroyed\u003cbr\u003e yet our nation survives\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tomorrow's poet will say\u003cbr\u003e the mountain's and rivers are destroyed\u003cbr\u003e our nation is destroyed and Alas!\u003cbr\u003e you and I are completely destroyed\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd 2006\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions:\u003cbr\u003e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 978-1-929918-87-4\u003cbr\u003e Price: $25.95\u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: September 2006 \u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 978-1-929918-88-1\u003cbr\u003e Price: $17.95\u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: September 2006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802166277,"sku":"9781929918881","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8418435013,"sku":"978-1-929918-87-4","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/FLOWERS_OF_A_MOMENT.jpg?v=1527683263","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/flowers-of-a-moment","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}