{"product_id":"9780648917663","title":"The Singer and Other Poems","description":"Author: Kim Cheng Boey\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780648917663\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Cordite Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 102\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Shortlisted, NSW Premier\u0026amp;#x27;s Literary Awards 2023, Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new collection by a seasoned master, Kim Cheng Boey moves between Singapore and Australia, youth and middle age  places and times rendered in vivid, sensory detail  to give a haunting exploration of memory and the emigrant experience: departures and arrivals; family and home; exile, longing and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'When I was younger, poetry carried me posthaste, high on the fuel of experience and freshness of thought. Now I move in slow time, listen to the poem as I carry it, and let memory tell me where to go.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Kim Cheng Boey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'In this work of a mature artist, Kim Cheng Boey's characteristic style  literary, allusive, with a flneur's sensibility  is on full display.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Shirley Geok-lin Lim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46798823555230,"sku":"ADS-9780648917663","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780648917663.jpg?v=1778120261","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780648917663","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}