Flowers
in the Toilet Bowl:
Selected Poems of Choi Seungho
Author: Choi Seungho
Translators: Won-Chung Kim & James Han
ISBN-13: 978-1-931907-11-8
ISBN-10: 1931907110
Order No. 1022
5.5 x 8.5 , Paperback
112 pages, 2004
$12.95
BOOK DESCRIPTION
This volume brings together 65 poems from Choi Seungho's ten books that
best illustrate his thought and art. In many of his poems, Choi portrays
the rampant desires of the "hypnotized" man and the gray landscape
of the late consumer society. Choi tries to expose the illusory nature of
man's desire by graphically portraying its dire consequences. His is a world
where a woman's womb is a factory, a vending machine is a prostitute, and
a glance upon the lake affords a reflection of pollution.
His critical consciousness against current life is always directed toward
the basic problems of humanity. Deeply influenced by Taoistic and Buddhistic
thought, his poetic world is directly linked to the world of ecological
imagination addressing the most urgent problems of human survival.
THE AUTHOR
Born in 1954 in South Korea, Choi Seungho has written more than
ten books of poetry and has received many awards, including the Sooyoung
Kim Literary Award, Isan Literary Award, and Daesan Literary Award. His
relentless criticism of modern civilization paves a way for him to become
an ecopoet who sings of a world in which the "disillusioned"
man and the whole of creation enjoy a harmonious, mutual living.
