In this Book

Variation on Roses

Book
Nuno JÚDICE
2017
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
buy this book Buy This Book in Print
summary
This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2017 is “Ancient Enmity”. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. From 22–26 November 2017, over 20 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme “Ancient Enmity.” Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

Table of Contents

restricted access

Cover

pp. 1

Title Page, Copyright

pp. 2-4

Contents

pp. 5-9

Childhood

pp. 10-15

Zoology: The Blackbird

pp. 16-18

Class Struggle

pp. 19-21

The Storymaker

pp. 22-27

The Birds

pp. 28-30

Rain, Strings, Poems Like Laundry on a Line

pp. 31-33

A Secret Dialogue

pp. 34-36

Image

pp. 37-42

Recipe for Making the Colour Blue

pp. 43-46

How to Write a Poem

pp. 47-50

A Guide to Basic Concepts

pp. 51-56

Market Pressures

pp. 57-62

Hamlet and Ophelia

pp. 63-65

Variation on Roses

pp. 66-68

Statement

pp. 69-71

Grammatical Exercise

pp. 72-77

An Essay on Inspiration

pp. 78-90

Whiteness

pp. 91-96

Verb

pp. 97-101

About the poet

pp. 102-104
Back To Top