Rhapsody in Plain Yellow - Poems (Paperback, New Ed)

Marilyn Chin, with her multilayered, multidimensional, intercultural singing, elegizes the loss of her mother and maternal grandmother and tries to unravel the complexities of her family's past. She tells of the trials of immigration, of exile, of thwarted interracial love, and of social injustice. Some poems recall the Confucian "Book of Songs," while others echo the African American blues tradition and Western railroad ballads. The title poem references the Han Dynasty rhapsody but is also a wild, associative tour de force. Political allegories sing out with personal revelations. Personal revelations open up to a universal cry for compassion and healing. These songs emerge as a powerful and elegant collection: sophisticated yet moving, hard-hitting yet refined.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2003
First published:	July 2003
Authors:	Marilyn Chin
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32453-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	0-393-32453-2
Barcode:	9780393324532

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