Book record
Paper bells
Nhiên Hạo Phan
Translated from Vietnamese by Hai-Dang Phan
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.
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- The Song Cave
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Country
- Vietnam
- ISBN
- 9781734035124