ISBN: 9780648917663 - the singer and other poems (2) (cordite books, 5, band 2) (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**In this new collection by a seasoned master, Kim Cheng Boey moves between Singapore and Australia, youth and middle age places and times rendered in vivid, sensory detail to give a haunting exploration of memory and the emigrant experience: departures and arrivals; family and home; exile, longing and loss.When I was younger, poetry carried me posthaste, high on the fuel of experience and freshness of thought. Now I move in slow time, listen to the poem as I carry it, and let memory tell me where to go. Kim Cheng BoeyIn this work of a mature artist, Kim Cheng Boeys characteristic style literary, allusive, with a flaneurs sensibility is on full display. Shirley Geok-lin Lim Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…