Song of the Cicadas Contributor(s): Mong-Lan Pham, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558493077 ISBN-13: 9781558493070 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2001 Annotation: In this striking first collection of poems, the grainy strangeness of the modern world is transformed into a place at once knowable and enduring. Mong-Lan conveys the certainty that even when the world stops making sense, decency and beauty somehow survive. From Saigon to San Francisco, she combines the earthly and the ecstatic, the animal and the sublime, to create lyrics that tempt and haunt. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 00054391 |
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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Publisher Description: In this striking first collection of poems, the grainy strangeness of the modern world is transformed into a place at once knowable and enduring. M ng-Lan conveys the certainty that even when the world stops making sense, decency and beauty somehow survive. From Saigon to San Francisco, she combines the earthly and the ecstatic, the animal and the sublime, to create lyrics that tempt and haunt. |