Words and the World (Twenty-Volume Set)

Drawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Words and the World (Twenty-volume Set) is an extended edition of the single-volume anthology Words and the World: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong. It comprises twenty pocket-sized chapbooks encased in a fine paper box, each containing more selected works by one of the internationally renowned poets included in the anthology, accompanied by English and/or Chinese translations. The goal of the collection is to disseminate and make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry through high quality translations. Each of the twenty volumes can also be purchased separately.

Poets include: Mar a Baranda, R gis Bonvicino, Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Bejan Matur, Paul Muldoon, Vivek Narayanan, Tomaž Salamun, Silke Scheuermann, Shuntaro Tanikawa, C. D, Wright, Chen Ko Hua, Ling Yu, Lo Chih Cheng, Tian Yuan, Wong Leung Wo, Xi Chuan, Yao Feng, Yip Fai, Yu Jian, Yu Xiang.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629965127
• ISBN13: 9789629965129
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 1200 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 7.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher