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is the new poem sequence by Peter Abbs. In this collection, he traces a recurrent movement from autobiography to myth from concern with place and identity to a preoccupation with persona (mask) and myth a movement from the heart to the imagination and back to the heart. Using the lives of characters from history and mythology-painters philosophers poets-he explores the creative experiences of a variety of men and women. these poems are placed ...

This second anthology focuses on writing in the 90's from Malaysia and Singapore. These new voices are turning their gaze outwards to the farthest shores of experience, often transgressing the bounds of 'acceptability' in order to explore such controversial issues as religion, homosexuality, the changing role of women in Asia and the spiritual cost of the new materialism. Also featured are pieces by Han Suyin, K S Maniam and the 1993 Nobel Lau...

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Plays: First Flush -- The Makyong Actress (1 woman), Second Flush -- The Dance-Mother (1 woman), Third Flush -- The Food Lover (1 woman).

Maniam's Malaysia is a land of paradoxes and contrasts. His characters are suffused with erotic tensions and spiritual longing. In this provocative collection of stories and plays, the acclaimed author of The Return and In A Far Country explores the complex and varied lives of husbands, sons, wives and lovers, all players in a game as old as time. Sensual and challenging, the works demonstrate and bear all the hallmarks of Maniam the poetic vi...

The controversy, scandal and adulation of Vyvyan Deacon.

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This poetry collection is a distillation of the poet's experiences as a Muslim convert in a foreign country, and an examination of the links between language and cultural identity. The poems interweave feelings of fear, ennui, optimism and nostalgia.

This important collection of essays assesses the harvest of the post-colonial project. It spans an impressive range, from stimulating sceptical analysis by distinguished novelists Nayantara Sahgal and Dan Jacobson on the forces that underlie much post-colonial literature and Yasmine Gooneratne on issues of gender, to original essays by eminent critics. The scholarly essays examine crucial general topics: Ken Goodwin on writing as a reflection ...

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