Paradiso Diaspora |
|
| Author:
| Yau, John |
| Series title: | Poets, Penguin Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-303715-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
|
As the anagram of its title suggests, the poems, prose, lyrics, and memoir in John Yaus new collection focus on an inescapable duality. It is the duality of living in both painted gardens and in the shadows of historic events that sweep one along. Yau explores the language of telling, of biography, auto and otherwise, of landscapes that are simultaneously imaginary and real, of ways to enter and leave the kingdom of poetry. This is a book of displacements and unpredictable...
More DescriptionAs the anagram of its title suggests, the poems, prose, lyrics, and memoir in John Yaus new collection focus on an inescapable duality. It is the duality of living in both painted gardens and in the shadows of historic events that sweep one along. Yau explores the language of telling, of biography, auto and otherwise, of landscapes that are simultaneously imaginary and real, of ways to enter and leave the kingdom of poetry. This is a book of displacements and unpredictable associations, of last confessions and coming attractions, at once haunted and haunting.