Book details

  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Historical
  • Language:English
  • Pages:304
  • Paperback ISBN:9798218935887

Still Point of the Turning World

The Life of Gia-fu Feng

By Carol Ann Wilson

Overview

This book is a biography of Gia-fu Feng who was born to a wealthy family in Shanghai, and fled mainland China during the Chinese Civil War, beginning a journey that ultimately led him to America and the countercultural revolution of the 1960s. He was the author of the best-selling translation of the Tao Te Ching. This book was first published in 2009. This is a revised edition.
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Description

Born in 1919 to a wealthy family in Shanghai, Gia-fu Feng fled mainland China in 1947 during the Chinese Civil War, beginning a journey that ultimately led him to America and the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s. "Through reading this beautifully written biography of my late husband Gia-fu Feng, not only have I come to a deeper understanding of who he was, but I also have a new appreciation of the complex events of the middle years of the 20th century, both in China and in the United States. History comes alive when viewed through the life of this one individual living his unique piece of that history." — Jane English, co-creator of Gia-fu Feng's best selling version of Tao Te Ching
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About The Author

An educator for more than four decades, Carol Ann Wilson's work with public schools and higher education institutions focused on issues of democracy and social justice, as did her writing. Turning to creative nonfiction, her first book was Still Point of the Turning World: The Life of Gia-fu Feng, which won Foreword Review's Book of the Year Award and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Another biography, Because We Wanted To! two women, a dream and a ranch called Singing Acres, was a finalist for the same award. Carol's essays have appeared in Under the Gum Tree, The Write Launch, bookscover2cover, Wrath-Bearing Tree, Unlimited Literature, The Words Faire, The Awakenings Review, The Examined Life and other literary journals. Five essays received the Colorado Authors League Award and one a Pushcart Prize nomination. Carol lives and writes in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, including her essays, please see https://carolannwilson.info
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