This debut collection explores memory, cities, motion. Tung-Hui Hu's tone has some of the swampy wit that recalls Calvino or Michaux: A man swaps bodies with his lover; a mapmaker holds captive a city, which needs his crystal telescope to navigate through streets "unreadable as palm lines"; a car pushed off a cliff in a fit of anger becomes home for a school of fish. Anchored by the sequence "Elegies for self," Hu's poetry brings a quiet sophistication to syntax, diction, and form.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2003-10-27
- Mått140 x 216 x 5 mm
- Vikt95 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieContemporary Poetry
- Antal sidor64
- FörlagUniversity of Georgia Press
- ISBN9780820325682