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Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle

by George Szirtes
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Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle - Thryft
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Insightful reflections on Singapore's complex dichotomies.

If you're curious about Singapore's blend of modernity and tradition, George Szirtes offers a compelling outsider's perspective. His poetic musings and journal entries are as intricately woven as the city's own fabric. Travel through the eyes of a poet and explore a nation wrestling with identity and progress. It's an intimate journey you'll find both thought-provoking and evocatively rich.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle

by George Szirtes
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ISBN: 9789810960933
Authors: George Szirtes
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Travel, Poetry
Related Topics: Essays, Nonfiction Poetry, Travelogue, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 2 readers)

Description

“We teeter between celebration and hubris, between the trump card of capitalism and the burning of the gifts for the dead. We are waiting for Godzilla to arise out of the sea and take back what is hers.”Towards the end of 2014, the British poet George Szirtes spent a month in Singapore.Here are his impressions of the city-state and its people, in the form of both journal entries and poetry.
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Insightful reflections on Singapore's complex dichotomies.

If you're curious about Singapore's blend of modernity and tradition, George Szirtes offers a compelling outsider's perspective. His poetic musings and journal entries are as intricately woven as the city's own fabric. Travel through the eyes of a poet and explore a nation wrestling with identity and progress. It's an intimate journey you'll find both thought-provoking and evocatively rich.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.