{"product_id":"that-summer-s-end-book-lee-seong-bok-9780593804032","title":"That Summer's End","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne hundred and six poems of self-reflection and exquisite beauty--an intoxicating blend of Seon Buddhism and French Symbolism from one of South Korea's most celebrated and influential poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThat summer I stood in the centers of storms   That summer my despair burst out into crimson but still I weathered the wind and rain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mountains, rivers, trees, flowers, the dark, a cat, a train. In the elemental forms and figures of our world, Lee Seong-bok finds repositories for thought, sounding boards against which he can test his reflections. Again and again, in sequences, he probes his subjects--five \"Mountain Path\" poems, three \"River\" poems, three commentaries on the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e-- not to solicit answers, like Moses impatiently striking the rock for water, but to savor the muted tones that echo in response.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAfter one ruckus \/ begins another \/ The silent forest vibrates \/\/ Suffering was always \/ new suffering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The poems of \u003ci\u003eThat Summer's End\u003c\/i\u003e, though acutely conscious of the self, are free of an inhibiting self-consciousness, speaking directly of youth, love, fear, family, grief, old age, impermanence, and all that's central to life. As enticing as they are profound, Lee Seong-bok's poems have made him not only a poet's poet but a favorite of RM, leader of K-pop superstars BTS, whose support of his work on social media has brought him international attention.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53406701748497,"sku":"NGR9780593804032","price":30.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53833162490129,"sku":"NIN9780593804032","price":27.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":54099903283473,"sku":"CIN0593804031G","price":22.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593804032.jpg?v=1776205475","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/that-summer-s-end-book-lee-seong-bok-9780593804032","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}