Dawn of Labor - 9780824894047

Dawn of LaborAuthor(s): Park Nohae, Cheehyung Harrison Kim, Brother Anthony\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824894047, 978-0824894047\nSynopsis\nDawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohaes first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old. Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generations leading resistance poet. Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry. \n\nThe war of night labor once over,\nI pour cold soju over my aching heart.\nAh . . . I cant go on like this for long.\nFor sure, I cant go on like this. \n\""Dawn of Labor\""\n\nIf I ever kill myself, Ill probably do it at dawn.\n\""For a Peaceful Evening\""\n\nWe too want to become heaven.\nNot a dark clouded heaven\nthat presses down,\nbut a clearn