| Bamboophobia: Bilingual in Burmese and English Contributor(s): Thett, Ko Ko (Author) |
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ISBN: 193889085X ISBN-13: 9781938890857 Publisher: Zephyr Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Asian - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 821.92 |
| LCCN: 2022285146 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 7.8" (0.30 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ko ko thett's poems -- described by John Ashbery as "brilliantly off-kilter" -- bring oddball lists, linguistic inventiveness, and sardonic humor to the brutal contradictions of life and history in and outside of his native Burma. In some poems he muses on chairs or metaphors or potatoes, while elsewhere, and often with the same, dispassionate tone, he turns his gaze on a strangulating bureaucracy or the horrific treatment of prisoners. Thett writes in Burmese and in English. In this second volume to appear in English, most are English originals but thirteen will be presented bilingually on facing pages. |