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The Cheapest France in Town

ISBN-13: 9781954218147

Contributor(s): Seo Jung Hak (author), Megan Sungyoon (translated by)

Subjects: Poetry

Publisher: World Poetry Books

Publisher Imprint: World Poetry Books

Publication Date: 23-11-2023

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£18.99

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About the book

The elusive, distant, almost disembodied voice of Korean poet Seo Jung Hak's English-language debut examines interiorities that seem familiar, yet whose ordinariness rises to the level of the uncanny. Inspired by the commodification of arts, emotions, and ideologies, these poems -- written over a span of 18 years from 1999 to 2017 -- parody the very act of writing amid worn-out rhetorical tropes, in a tone that is at times sinisterly witty and at others ominously blithe.

The Cheapest France in Town

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