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To love in a language prised from my wishbone. To sing a landscape where village girls once burst the moon with giggles. To dance through the fattest eye of a rice-grain. To do all these in peace and war is the wish embodied in Merlinda Bobis’ poetry. From her epic poem Cantata of the Warrior Woman: Daragang Magayon to lyric reflections on longing, and finally to an erotic dance-drama, Bobis traces the cartography of desire and its intimacy with death.

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"Bobis can produce some genuinely haunting pieces. This is a touching work from an established poet." --Hamesh Wyatt, "Otago Daily Times"

Summer was a Fast Train without Terminals

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      Publisher: Spinifex Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/1998
      ISBN13: 9781875559763, 978-1875559763
      ISBN10: 1875559760

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      Book Synopsis
      To love in a language prised from my wishbone. To sing a landscape where village girls once burst the moon with giggles. To dance through the fattest eye of a rice-grain. To do all these in peace and war is the wish embodied in Merlinda Bobis’ poetry. From her epic poem Cantata of the Warrior Woman: Daragang Magayon to lyric reflections on longing, and finally to an erotic dance-drama, Bobis traces the cartography of desire and its intimacy with death.

      Trade Review
      "Bobis can produce some genuinely haunting pieces. This is a touching work from an established poet." --Hamesh Wyatt, "Otago Daily Times"

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