| Description |
64 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: (a).Belonging to the emperor -- (b).Embalmed -- Earthward -- (c).Tame -- Loop of Jade -- rain, n. -- Night in Arizona -- (d).Sucking pigs -- Chinoiserie -- (e).Sirens -- (f).Fabulous -- Pythagoras's Curtain -- (g).Stray dogs -- (h).The present classification -- To all Laments and Purposes -- (i).Frenzied -- MONOPOLY (after Ashbery) -- (j).Innumerable -- A Painting -- Life Room -- (k).Drawn with a very fine camelhair brush -- Banderole -- Woman in the Garden -- Death of Orpheus -- (l).Others -- Crocodile -- (m).Having just broken the water pitcher -- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia -- (n).That from a long way off look like flies -- [There were barnacles...] -- Faults Escaped -- The Walled Garden -- Islands -- Yangtze |
| Summary |
"There is a Chinese proverb that says: 'It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.' But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots. With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love -- what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other. Crossing the bounds of time, race and language, this is an enthralling exploration of self and place, of migration and inheritance, and introduces an unmistakable new voice in British poetry." --Publisher description |
| Notes |
"Chatto poetry"--Back cover |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Also issued online |
| Subject |
English poetry -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| LC no. |
2014481165 |
| ISBN |
9780701188696 (paperback) |
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(ePub ebook) |
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