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Summer Was a Fast Train without Terminals
Merlinda Bobis
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Description for Summer Was a Fast Train without Terminals
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
To love in a language prised from my wishbone. To sing a landscape where village girls once burst the moon with giggles. To dance through the fattest eye of a rice-grain. To do all these in peace and war is the wish embodied in Merlinda Bobis’ poetry. From her epic poem Cantata of the Warrior Woman: Daragang Magayon to lyric reflections on longing, and finally to an erotic dance-drama, Bobis traces the cartography of desire and its intimacy with death.
To love in a language prised from my wishbone. To sing a landscape where village girls once burst the moon with giggles. To dance through the fattest eye of a rice-grain. To do all these in peace and war is the wish embodied in Merlinda Bobis’ poetry. From her epic poem Cantata of the Warrior Woman: Daragang Magayon to lyric reflections on longing, and finally to an erotic dance-drama, Bobis traces the cartography of desire and its intimacy with death.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781875559763
SKU
V9781875559763
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Merlinda Bobis
Award-winning writer Merlinda Bobis has had four novels, six poetry books, and a collection of short stories published, and ten dramatic works performed. Her novel Locust Girl, A Lovesong received the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction in the NSW Premiers Literary Awards and the Philippine National Book Award. Her poetry collection Accidents of Composition was Highly Commended for the ACT ... Read more
Reviews for Summer Was a Fast Train without Terminals
"Bobis can produce some genuinely haunting pieces. This is a touching work from an established poet."
Hamesh Wyatt, "Otago Daily Times"
Hamesh Wyatt, "Otago Daily Times"