The Book of Motion
Author | : Tung-Hui Hu |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-13 | : 0820325686 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780820325682 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Book of Motion written by Tung-Hui Hu and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debut collection explores memory, cities, motion. Tung-Hui Hu's tone has some of the swampy wit that recalls Calvino or Michaux: A man swaps bodies with his lover; a mapmaker holds captive a city, which needs his crystal telescope to navigate through streets "unreadable as palm lines"; a car pushed off a cliff in a fit of anger becomes home for a school of fish. Anchored by the sequence "Elegies for self," Hu's poetry brings a quiet sophistication to syntax, diction, and form.