Description
There is a Chinese proverb that says: ‘It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.’ But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots.
With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love – what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other. Crossing the bounds of time, race and language, this is an enthralling exploration of self and place, of migration and inheritance, and introduces an unmistakable new voice in British poetry.
Sarah appeared at our very first Verve in 2017, performing wonderfully and running a workshop.
WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2015 / WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PETERS FRASER + DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015
Price £10.00
ISBN: 9780701188696
Date: 7th May 2015
Format: Paperback
Extent: 80 pp
POETRY
