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- Those that Rise from Mediocrity
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- 2019
- Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
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This pocket-sized paperback is one of the thirty titles published for 2019 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2019 is Speech and Silence. From 19–24 November 2019, 30 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme Speech and Silence. Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Retelling a Newspaper Story
- pp. 12-13
- Those that Rise from Mediocrity
- pp. 16-17
- Book of Time
- pp. 20-21
- Setting Off
- pp. 28-29
- Story of Catching a Roebuck
- pp. 30-31
- On the Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway
- pp. 32-35
- Bottles Adrift
- pp. 40-41
- Objectivity
- pp. 44-45
- How to Measure
- pp. 46-47
- For Simone Weil
- pp. 50-52
- The Gambler
- pp. 53-54
- Tale of a Past Life
- pp. 55-56
- Night Journey
- pp. 57-58
- The Heart of Failure
- pp. 59-61
- A Poem of Devolution
- pp. 62-63
- About the Author
- pp. 64-66
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882378285
Related ISBN(s)
9789882371521
MARC Record
OCLC
1146303662
Pages
66
Launched on MUSE
2020-03-28
Language
English
Open Access
No
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