Islands or Continents Set
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2013 (Eighteen-volume box set)
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
500 pages
978-962-996-605-8 (ISBN)
Description
Edited by Bei Dao, Shelby Chan, Gilbert Fong, Lucas Klein, and Christopher Mattison, Islands or Continents box set is an extended edition of the single-volume Islands or Continents. It comprises eighteen pocket off-prints encased in a fine paper box, each containing more selected works by one of the internationally renowned poets included in the single volume, accompanied by English and/or Chinese translations. The goal of Islands or Continents collection is to disseminate and make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry through high quality translations by outstanding translators.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 279 mm
Thickness: 66 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-962-996-605-8 (9789629966058)
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Persons
Bei Dao is a world-renowned poet and cofounder of the literary magazine, Today. Gilbert C. F. Fong is professor and Shelby K. Y. Chan is assistant professor at the School of Translation, Hang Seng Management College. Lucas Klein is assistant professor at the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong, and Christopher Mattison is assistant director at the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies, City University of Hong Kong.