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Language: English
Published by Vagabond Voices, Isle of Lewis, 2021
ISBN 10: 1913212319 ISBN 13: 9781913212315
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This collection of Jidi Majia's poetry in Chinese and Nuosu (a lesser-spoken language in China, though there are around two and a half million speakers) has been translated into the three strands of the Scots language: Lallans by Stuart Paterson, Doric by Sheena Blackhall and Shetlandic by Christine de Luca. These translations will be face-to-face with an English translation by the eminent translator from Chinese, Denis Mair, who will also provide a preface on the context of Jidi Majia's heritage and poetry.Jidi Majia's Scots translators have undoubtedly brought his vitality into alignment with the power of the Scots tongues, as does Denis Mair's excellent and erudite rendering into English. Aimed at two linguistic communities and coming from two linguistic communities at the other side of the planet, this collection presents a perfect symmetry in a globalized world where we need a dialogue not only between the powerful but also and perhaps even more rewardingly between the local and marginalized. The infinite is often to be encountered in the circumscribed. Translations of Majia's poems from Chinese and Nuoso (his minority language) into Scots and English. A symmetry of powerful and lesser-used language. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. 'Fault line: 1) a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault. 2) a divisive issue or difference of opinion that is likely to have serious consequences.' Poet Gerry Loose's fifth collection maps the 'fault line' dividing man from his environment, centring in this instance on the Faslane submarine base on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, home of the UK's nuclear arsenal. The incongruity of the area's natural beauty coupled with weapons that could reduce it to dust at the push of a button has inspired a book-length poem that probes the delusions of the political and military classes. Loose explores the landscape surrounding Faslane, his hymns to its beauty only throwing into sharper focus its fragility. He describes a land poisoned by the 'deterrent' meant to protect it. In so doing, Loose has reinvented nature poetry for the 21st century, reconnecting with a radical tradition Burns, Byron and Shelley would have recognised and celebrated.
Language: English
Published by Vagabond Voices, Isle of Lewis, 2014
ISBN 10: 1908251344 ISBN 13: 9781908251343
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Fault line: 1) a line on a rock surface or the ground that traces a geological fault. 2) a divisive issue or difference of opinion that is likely to have serious consequences.' Poet Gerry Loose's fifth collection maps the 'fault line' dividing man from his environment, centring in this instance on the Faslane submarine base on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, home of the UK's nuclear arsenal. The incongruity of the area's natural beauty coupled with weapons that could reduce it to dust at the push of a button has inspired a book-length poem that probes the delusions of the political and military classes. Loose explores the landscape surrounding Faslane, his hymns to its beauty only throwing into sharper focus its fragility. He describes a land poisoned by the 'deterrent' meant to protect it. In so doing, Loose has reinvented nature poetry for the 21st century, reconnecting with a radical tradition Burns, Byron and Shelley would have recognised and celebrated. Gerry Loose's fifth collection of poetry maps the "fault line" between man and his environment, and takes the area around Faslane submarine base with its nuclear weapons for his setting. Beauty, fragility, aggression and human insensitivity. This is poetry that has a great deal to say. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. This collection of Jidi Majia's poetry in Chinese and Nuosu (a lesser-spoken language in China, though there are around two and a half million speakers) has been translated into the three strands of the Scots language: Lallans by Stuart Paterson, Doric by Sheena Blackhall and Shetlandic by Christine de Luca. These translations will be face-to-face with an English translation by the eminent translator from Chinese, Denis Mair, who will also provide a preface on the context of Jidi Majia's heritage and poetry.Jidi Majia's Scots translators have undoubtedly brought his vitality into alignment with the power of the Scots tongues, as does Denis Mair's excellent and erudite rendering into English. Aimed at two linguistic communities and coming from two linguistic communities at the other side of the planet, this collection presents a perfect symmetry in a globalized world where we need a dialogue not only between the powerful but also and perhaps even more rewardingly between the local and marginalized. The infinite is often to be encountered in the circumscribed.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Combining pressing geopolitical urgency with a subtle and gentle lyricism, as we have come to expect from Gerry Loose, his new book ranges wide, broad and deep, to settle back home in the Scotland re-inhabited by Sweeney the king, deranged and fleeing humanity, and a lilting nine day walk from coast to coast across Scotland's heartland.With narratives from Nuremberg, which contrast city and individual citizens with its long and terrible past, and then stories of an island life - not as insular as might be imagined - in a Finland where anything or nothing may happen, with or without a Luger pistol, this book has a quiet insistence on personal experience.A unique take on the naming of endangered species here could be seen as a metaphor for what the ordinary people in these pages - and their would-be leaders - might in turn become.Expressive, formally inventive, Loose's seventh full collection night exposures lives right into its title: shining light into murky and overlooked corners which some might wish to be kept in the dark.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gregor, Morven (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Paperback. Condition: New. Combining pressing geopolitical urgency with a subtle and gentle lyricism, as we have come to expect from Gerry Loose, his new book ranges wide, broad and deep, to settle back home in the Scotland re-inhabited by Sweeney the king, deranged and fleeing humanity, and a lilting nine day walk from coast to coast across Scotland's heartland.With narratives from Nuremberg, which contrast city and individual citizens with its long and terrible past, and then stories of an island life - not as insular as might be imagined - in a Finland where anything or nothing may happen, with or without a Luger pistol, this book has a quiet insistence on personal experience.A unique take on the naming of endangered species here could be seen as a metaphor for what the ordinary people in these pages - and their would-be leaders - might in turn become.Expressive, formally inventive, Loose's seventh full collection night exposures lives right into its title: shining light into murky and overlooked corners which some might wish to be kept in the dark.
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Language: English
Published by Shearsman Books 5/15/2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 1848610386 ISBN 13: 9781848610385
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Language: English
Published by Vagabond Voices, Isle of Lewis, 2018
ISBN 10: 1908251948 ISBN 13: 9781908251947
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Combining pressing geopolitical urgency with a subtle and gentlelyricism, as we have come to expect from Gerry Loose, his new bookranges wide, broad and deep, to settle back home in the Scotlandre-inhabited by Sweeney the king, deranged and fleeing humanity, and alilting nine day walk from coast to coast across Scotlands heartland.With narratives from Nuremberg, which contrast city and individualcitizens with its long and terrible past, and then stories of an islandlife not as insular as might be imagined in a Finland where anythingor nothing may happen, with or without a Luger pistol, this book has aquiet insistence on personal experience.A unique take on the naming of endangered species here could be seen asa metaphor for what the ordinary people in these pages and theirwould-be leaders might in turn become.Expressive, formally inventive, Looses seventh full collection nightexposures lives right into its title: shining light into murky andoverlooked corners which some might wish to be kept in the dark. Looses seventh full collection nightexposures lives right into its title: shining light into murky andoverlooked corners which some might wish to be kept in the dark. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.