Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai (Li Po)
Vintage, December 2019. Trade Paperback. In his own time (701-762), Li Bai's brilliant poems--shaped by Daoist thought, filled with an irrepressible lust for life--were never given their proper due. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips of tavern singers, soldiers, and writers throughout the Tang dynasty, and his deep..... More