{"product_id":"rain-in-plural-poems-9780691203584","title":"Rain in Plural  Poems","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, Arrowsmith Press\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A splendid follow-up to the \u003ci\u003eLJ \u003c\/i\u003ebest-booked \u003ci\u003eThe Ruined Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e with broader appeal.\" * Library Journal, starred review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efourth book of original poems, \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural . . . \u003c\/i\u003euses language to uncover questions of citizenship, memory, and image. We love Sze-Lorrain’s lush, musical sensibilities. . . . If you’ve enjoyed her work in the past, you’re sure to enjoy \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e, too!\" * Lantern Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"The poetry in her newest collection, \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e, is neither a mélange nor a mosaic of cultural, intellectual and linguistic referents, but a deeply intertwined layering . . . Sze-Lorrain seems at home and a visitor everywhere, connecting dots across cultures and continents, dipping into languages and cuisines. If there is a globalized future for English-language literature, this is perhaps an early glance at it.\"\u003cb\u003e---Asian Review of Books, \u003ci\u003ePeter Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative . . . lyrical. . . . These lovely poems slide between equally compelling realities that don’t seem to belong together but ultimately unify and bring sense, compassion, and beauty.\"\u003cb\u003e---Kyle Torke, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The collection reveals the inner-life of a truly remarkable poet. Radiantly intelligent, Sze-Lorrain’s work is as musically intoxicating as the zheng she plays with precision . . . \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of poetry deserving of multiple reads in the quietude of soft light over one’s left shoulder.\"\u003cb\u003e---Michael Escoubas, \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Parchment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRain in Plural \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection that quietly insists on your attention.\"\u003cb\u003e---Lisa Higgs, \u003ci\u003eThe Adroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is something for every reader in \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to a myriad of entanglements with the inner life, and what grows from the seeds planted there.\"\u003cb\u003e---Hannah VanderHart, \u003ci\u003eEcoTheo Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRain in Plural \u003c\/i\u003eis a lush and intimate study of the porous boundaries of personal life. Inflected with quietude and hardened by rigorous examination, Sze-Lorrain’s careful eye ranges over landscapes both within and outside the self, mining language for new entry points.\" * Yaddo News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Fiona Sze-Lorrain's much-awaited fourth poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e, is a polyphonic gathering of wide-ranging themes. . . . Sze-Lorrain’s work allows us to grasp, for a moment, the points of contact that translation perpetually seeks. Therein lies the philosophical importance of \u003ci\u003eRain in Plural\u003c\/i\u003e: eschewing equivalence, Sze-Lorrain crafts a poetics of border spaces and contact zones.\"\u003cb\u003e---Lara Norgaard, \u003ci\u003eSingapore Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Such unexpected juxtapositions lend the collection a quirky vividness. Though consecutive lines and stanzas often touch on drastically different subjects, the poems still offer a sense of wholeness. . . . Regardless of her subject, Sze-Lorrain manages to be inventive and original without sacrificing authenticity and musical balance.\"\u003cb\u003e---Maggie Wang, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The poems in this very good collection, even those that are slight on the page, have an epic, Yeatsian sweep to them, a grandeur of statement found in a lightness of touch.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dominic Leonard, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742277239127,"sku":"9780691203584","price":42.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691203584.jpg?v=1758383921","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rain-in-plural-poems-9780691203584","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}