Cathy Park Hong
Engine Empire: Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393346480
- author:
- Cathy Park Hong
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 96
- Dimensions:
- 20.57 x 15.24 x 0.76 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Cathy Park Hong's Engine Empire is a thought-provoking trilogy of poems that explore the collective consciousness of fictionalized boomtowns. Through three distinct sequences, Hong delves into the myth of prosperity, tracing the lives of individuals caught up in the allure and terror of industrialization. The first sequence, "Ballad of Our Jim," draws inspiration from the American West, while the second, "Shangdu, My Artful Boomtown!", is set in a fictionalized China. The third and final section, "The World Cloud," takes place in a far-future world where individual consciousness breaks up into accessible data. Hong's innovative style brings together disparate voices, each singing their own unique song of wonder and terror, shedding light on the complexities of human experience.
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