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Poetry in Transit 2017
Created by ABPBC on October 3, 20171 rating
Featuring the collections of poems selected for this year's Poetry in Transit campaign.
Fragments, Desire
edition:Paperback
Love is language, and longing is translation.
Fragments, Desire is a dictionary of love, exploring its troubled and joyous borders with honesty and originality. Taking inspiration from Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse, Onjana Yawnghwe reimagines and transforms it while paying homage to the beloved work.
Fragments, Desire intertwines adoration of language with romantic longing. Here, stanzas become secret rooms and we get lost in the closing and opening of the chambers of the heart. The book …
