The elusive, distant, almost disembodied voice of Korean poet Seo Jung Hak's English-language debut examines interiorities that seem familiar, yet whose ordinariness rises to the level of the uncanny. Inspired by the commodification of arts, emotions, and ideologies, these poems - written over a span of 18 years from 1999 to 2017 - parody the very act of writing amid worn-out rhetorical tropes, in a tone that is at times sinisterly witty and at others ominously blithe.
ISBN: | 9781954218147 |
Publication date: | 23rd November 2023 |
Author: | Seo Jung Hak |
Publisher: | World Poetry Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 120 pages |
Genres: |
Poetry |