1
of
1
The World's Lightest Motorcycle
Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.
Check link for latest rating. ( 29 ratings, 8 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still
learning, it may not be perfect - your
feedback is welcome!
Summary
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$3499
Unit price
/
Unavailable
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER
Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks
Found a better price? Request a price match
The World's Lightest Motorcycle
$3499
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?
Ideal for readers interested in contemporary Korean poetry, feminist literature, and experimental poetic forms.
The poet confronts a wired, technological world, often in the mirror, in these inventive, daring and subversive poems.
Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and
still learning, it may not be perfect - your
feedback is welcome!
Description
A successor to Korean feminist poets like Kim Hyesoon, Yi Won frequently writes about the perilousness of maintaining one's human identity in a high-tech, digital environment.
In this debut book in English, The World's Lightest Motorcycle, her poems range from avant-garde prose poems to more lyrical, if dark, free verse, as she examines isolation, death, and the passage of time— and in the process, upends polite society and Korean literary culture.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781938890840
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 December 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Zephyr Press
Edition: Bilingual edition
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Translated by Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
- Translated by E. J. Koh
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 128
Collections
About the Author
Yi Won is a South Korean avant-garde poet and essayist, born in 1968 in Gyeonggi-do. She studied Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and earned her master's degree at the Graduate School of Culture and Arts at Dongguk University. Her poetry debuted in 1992, and she received the Contemporary Poetics Award (2002), Contemporary Poetry Award (2005), Opening the World with Poetry Award (2014), The Beginning Award (2014), The Equity Literature Award (2018), and the Poet Town Literary Award (2018). Her books include When They Ruled the Earth (1996), A Thousand Moons Rising Over the River of Yahoo! (2001), The World's Lightest Motorcycle (2007), The History of an Impossible Page (2012), Let Love be Born (2017), and I Am My Affectionate Zebra (2018). Yi Won is currently a visiting professor at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She lives in Seoul, South Korea.
More from Arts & Culture
View all-
Dylan's Pick -
They Bloom Because of You
Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
-
20% offGreat Writers and the Cats who Owned Them
Hardback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
-
-
-
-
-
-
Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In)
Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New ReleaseYour Story, Grandma
Hardback$2400Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Why buy from us?
Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!
Service & Delivery
Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.
Auckland Bookstore
We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.
Our Gifting Service
Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.
