The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) (New Directions Paperbook)
“Bei Dao’s writing provides ample evidence of the written word’s potential to effect political change.” (Andrew Ervin - The Philadelphia Inquirer)“His poems are intense, elegant and impressionistic.” (Dwight Garner - The New York Times Arts Beat)“Bei Dao uses words as if he were fighting for his life with them.... [He] has found a way to speak to all of us.” (Jonathan Spence - The New York Times Book Review)