Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Human Tissue: A primer of Not Knowing

Autor Weyman Chan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2016
These poems try to get along with each other – but can’t. The series of poems titled “Parables for Frankenstein”, traces the socialization and making of a prototype misfit. “Panic Room”, is a series of poems about a loner whose isolation at a house party starts taking a sinister turn. “Unboxing the Clone” deals precisely with the simultaneous interpenetration of terms that bombard the conscious moment to reshape the life that’s being lived out – a kind of proprioceptive kaleidoscope. Alienation arises from all the failed language-registers of our technocratic society, which continue to defy our powers of decryption. What’s a monster to do?

A recurring motif throughout the book is the overarching empty universal space surrounding life’s not-knowing. If we think too hard on it – why the statistical fluke that puts us here on this ball of dirt – we’ll have a stroke. Instead, read these poems.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 7211 lei

Preț vechi: 9384 lei
-23% Nou

Puncte Express: 108

Preț estimativ în valută:
1380 1422$ 1165£

Carte indisponibilă temporar

Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780889229815
ISBN-10: 0889229813
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Talon Books
Colecția Talonbooks
Locul publicării:Canada

Notă biografică

Weyman Chan was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1963, to immigrant parents from China. Chan wrote his first poem when he was thirteen years old. He has published poems and short stories in a wide variety of literary journals and anthologies. He won the 2002 National Magazine Awards silver prize for his poem “At work,” and the 2003 Alberta Book Award for his first book of poetry, Before a Blue Sky Moon. His second book, Noise from the Laundry, was a finalist for the 2008 Governor General’s Award for Poetry and the 2009 Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry.

Descriere

Many poems deal with familial experiences, of coming to terms with the hybrid history of ethnic “outsider.”