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PAUL E NELSON

Interview with Shin Yu Pai (Ensō)

Interview with Shin Yu Pai (Ensō)

Shin Yu Pai’s new book, Ensō is categorized as a künstlerroman, an artist’s novel, a class of bildungsroman or apprentice novel, that deals with the maturation of a young artist. Yet this is not fiction, it’s autobiographical poetry and prose. Ensō...