aitken adam (37 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living that the present and the past are intertwined. At the heart of the collection is a series of poems about the poet's father, a Melbournian who travelled and worked in Asia as a young man, who married the poet's mother in Bangkok, and whose life and death are commemorated here. The poems have settings in Asia, Australia, Hawai'i, and France, which has become the author's second home. They reflect on the legacy of colonialism, not as theory, but as inherited experience. In them the poet himself may be thought of as a revenant, sharing his awareness of secret histories and local knowledge, stories of migration, the vestiges of forgotten people and places.'The reader is drawn into the palimpsests of hybrid lives and texts by Aitken's weaving of droll sentiment, unsentimental political awareness, and tender observations of passing humanity and nature.' - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Softcover, 208 pgs. Fine.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: Adam AitkenFormat: Paperback Number of Pages: 304Beautifully written, tightly structured, One Hundred Letters Home is as profoundly moving as it is intelligent and playful. There is the experience here of time's shifting nature, the way memory, need and desire work across the layers of narrative that shape a life, told, untold, remembered, misremembered and forgotten. Memory's work rolls through Aitken's perfectly measured storytelling, vivid and mesmerising in its detail, in the detours and return, in a work that is as aware socially and politically, as it is compassionate and vulnerable. This is a rare work of memoir, expansive in its cultural scope, in the precision of detail and acceptance of the failures of memory, self and family, common to all of us in their variation. Between laughter and tears, the underlying emotional grit and relentlessness of One Hundred Letters Home shifts things, changes you, as Aitken calls to account the past's ongoing presence in how we are to ourselves and each other. Paperback.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. In.

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing otherwise undamaged, only minor wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, very clean throughout. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you require an exact quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or limited writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living that the present and the past are intertwined. At the heart of the collection is a series of poems about the poet's father, a Melbournian who travelled and worked in Asia as a young man, who married the poet's mother in Bangkok, and whose life and death are commemorated here. The poems have settings in Asia, Australia, Hawai'i, and France, which has become the author's second home. They reflect on the legacy of colonialism, not as theory, but as inherited experience. In them the poet himself may be thought of as a revenant, sharing his awareness of secret histories and local knowledge, stories of migration, the vestiges of forgotten people and places.'The reader is drawn into the palimpsests of hybrid lives and texts by Aitken's weaving of droll sentiment, unsentimental political awareness, and tender observations of passing humanity and nature.' - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. **Shortlisted, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**The title of this collection, Revenants, suggests spirits and ghosts who return to the human world through dream and art, not to haunt it, but to remind the living that the present and the past are intertwined. At the heart of the collection is a series of poems about the poet's father, a Melbournian who travelled and worked in Asia as a young man, who married the poet's mother in Bangkok, and whose life and death are commemorated here. The poems have settings in Asia, Australia, Hawai'i, and France, which has become the author's second home. They reflect on the legacy of colonialism, not as theory, but as inherited experience. In them the poet himself may be thought of as a revenant, sharing his awareness of secret histories and local knowledge, stories of migration, the vestiges of forgotten people and places.'The reader is drawn into the palimpsests of hybrid lives and texts by Aitken's weaving of droll sentiment, unsentimental political awareness, and tender observations of passing humanity and nature.' - Shirley Geok-lin Lim Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. These poems question notions of Australianness, delivering a montage of voices, both imagined and real. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Tight and clean copy.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This ground-breaking anthology collects poems written by Australian poets who are migrants, their children, and refugees of Asian heritage, spanning work that covers over three decades of writing. Inclusive of hitherto marginalised voices, these poems explore the hyphenated and variegated ways of being Asian Australian, and demonstrate how the different origins and traditions transplanted from Asia have generated new and different ways of being Australian. This anthology highlights the complexity of Asian Australian interactions between cultures and languages, and is a landmark in a rich, diversely-textured and evolving story. Timely and proactive this anthology fills existing cultural gaps in poetic expressions of home, travel, diaspora, identity, myth, empire and language.'A new generation of Asian-Australian diasporic writers. explore a fluid national identity that refuses to be as circumscribed as some Australians would like.' - Robin Gerster, A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900'Asian and Australian writing, rather than regarding each other at a distance, might engage in a dialogue. a more precise mapping of Asia-Australia, one that understands this relation as both external and internal, present within Australian writing itself.' - Tim Yu, Cordite 'A new generation of Asian-Australian diasporic writers. explore a fluid national identity that refuses to be as circumscribed as some Australians would like.' - Robin Gerster, A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. About the book: Softcover. First Printing. Inscribed by poet to another poet named David. Book is in very good condition. Additional photos available upon request. Inscribed by Author(s).

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Broschur : Ecken etwas angestoßen, sonst sehr guter Zustand, XVII, 588 Seiten ; 24 x 16 cm 820 g. Sprache: english.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Complete 5 cd set, unopened in the original shrink-wrap. Contains episodes 13 to 22 of the popular CBC radio play. Looks at the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of a small group of Canadian soldiers. ; CD; 16mo 6" - 7" tall Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 254.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 254.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Sm4to, pp,100, seven illustrations, gilt titled black cloth, a hand-written note regarding a Hawick family who were connected with the church is on the leading free endpaper, a newscutting is sellotaped to the reverse of the rear free endpaper. Uncommon.