{ "item_title" : "That Summer's End", "item_author" : [" Lee Seong-Bok", "Anton Hur "], "item_description" : "One 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 That summer I stood in the centers of storms That summer my despair burst out into crimson but still I weathered the wind and rain 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 I Ching-- not to solicit answers, like Moses impatiently striking the rock for water, but to savor the muted tones that echo in response. After one ruckus / begins another / The silent forest vibrates // Suffering was always / new suffering The poems of That Summer's End, 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.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/59/380/403/0593804031_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "30.00", "online_price" : "30.00", "our_price" : "30.00", "club_price" : "30.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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