WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL › POMEGRANATES DENIED
BRECHT’S LAST QUESTION
BRECHT’S LAST QUESTION
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Brecht’s Last Question”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Brecht’s Last Question” in a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay traces the poem’s encounter with the dead through winter, the graveyard and the question that closes its six stanzas.
ESSAY
ESSAY
