Loop of Jade
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780701188696
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Description: "There is a Chinese proverb that says: 'It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.' But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots. With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love -- what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other. Crossing the bounds of time, race and language, this is an enthralling exploration of self and place, of migration and inheritance, and introduces an unmistakable new voice in British poetry." --Publisher description.