Paper bells by Nhiên Hạo Phan and translated by Hai-Dang Phan

This is poetry from Vietnam.

Paper bells by Nhiên Hạo Phan translated by Hai-Dang Phan is published by The Song Cave. This is a Book originally written in Vietnamese. This was published in 2020.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781734035124E12.

Paper bells, by Nhiên Hạo Phan, is a Vietnamese poetry collection from Vietnam, translated by Hai-Dang Phan, published by The Song Cave in 2020. It is a Vietnamese collection by Nhiên Hạo Phan where paper, sound, exile, and memory make a delicate but persistent music. The poems feel attentive to what can be carried lightly and still resonate, like a bell made from a material one would not expect to ring. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Vietnam; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.