$25.99
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
21 May 2019
Summary
A rich, poetic, and socially relevant version of the great spiritual-philosophical classic of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching—from a legendary literary icon.
Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin’s unique take on Taoist philosophy’s founding classic.
Le Guin presents Lao Tzu’s time-honored and astonish…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611807240 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1611807247 |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 21 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 139mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“A student of the Tao for several decades, Le Guin has created an English text that will speak to modern readers in a fresh and lively way, while conveying the humor, insight, and beauty of the original.”
—Lion’s Roar
“The type of work which the great Polish poet and Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska meant when she spoke of ‘that rare miracle when a translation stops being a translation and becomes … a second original’ … The whole of Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching is well worth savoring—as much for the ancient substance as for Le Guin’s stylistic splendor.”
—Maria Popova, The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings)
“Reading [Le Guin’s] translations is like taking a shared walk down a familiar trail where we discover rocks and water that we somehow missed before … undeniably refreshing, capturing a language that is casual and clear, reflective and pointed, full of the wise humor of the Way.”
—Parabola
“A student of the Tao for several decades, Le Guin has created an English text that will speak to modern readers in a fresh and lively way, while conveying the humor, insight and beauty of the original.”
—Shambhala Sun
“Among the many translations of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin’s new version is a special treasure—a delight. There is something startlingly fresh and creatively alive here, brought forth by Ms. Le Guin’s intuitive and personal ingenuity.”
—Chuangliang Al Huang, founder of the Living Tao Foundation and co-author of Tao: The Watercourse Way
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an internationally celebrated author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and essays, including The Left Hand of Darkness, Always Coming Home, and the Earthsea Cycle series. Her numerous literary awards include six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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