Cover of The August Sleepwalker

The August Sleepwalker

First published in the U.S. in 1990, the year after the uprising of Chinese students at Tiananmen Square, The August Sleepwalker collects all the early poetry of Bei Dao, China's premier poet, now living in exile.

Setting
China
Audience
adult
Length
short · 140 pages
Form
poetry

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