Lotus Leaves
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Lotus Leaves

Selected Poems of Leung Ping-kwan

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Lotus Leaves

Selected Poems of Leung Ping-kwan

About this book

Lotus Leaves has been selected in the "Poetry and Literature" category for the 2021 Association ofUniversity Presses "Book, Jacket, and Journal Show."HONG KONG LITERATURE SERIESSeries Editor: John MinfordLeung Ping-kwan is one of Hong Kong's most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, the modern and the traditional, the serious and the humorous, the local and the universal. He wrote, 'I want to write a kind of modern poetry that does not have to turn away from the world we live in, that rethinks the relationship between language and objects...' This collection has been carefully curated, and is arranged under ten thematic sections: Lotus Leaves, Hong Kong, Macao, Foodscape, After the Book of Songs, Strange Tales: After Pu Songling, Clothink, Museum Pieces, Places and Friends, Bitter-Melon and Others. These translated poems, and the delight they bring, are a celebration of the continuing legacy of a remarkable Hong Kong poet.

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Table of contents

  1. Half Title
  2. Full Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Series Editor’s Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. I. Lotus Leaves
  9. II. Hong Kong
  10. III. Macao
  11. IV. Foodscape
  12. V. After the Book of Songs
  13. VI. Places and Friends
  14. VII. Strange Tales:After Pu Songling
  15. VIII. Clothink
  16. IX. Museum Pieces
  17. X. Bitter-Melon andOther Poems
  18. Other Works in the Series