Geography for the Lost

by Kassabova, Kapka

• ISBN13: 9781852247652
• ISBN10: 1852247657
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd

Summary

A collection of poems from a young Bulgarian who writes in English but with a European imagination.

Table of Contents

Geography for the Lost	p. 9
We Are the Tenants	p. 10
I want to be a tourist	p. 10
Our Names Long and Foreign	p. 12
The Travel Guide to the Country of Your Birth	p. 14
The Argentine	p. 15
Mister Hu	p. 17
I often think of Mr Hu	p. 17
Dancing with Mr Hu	p. 17
Mr Hu Drunk	p. 18
Saying Goodbye to Mr Hu	p. 19
Email from Mr Hu: no subject	p. 20
Lying with the Ghosts of Berlin	p. 21
A Woman in Berlin 60 Years Later	p. 21
Berlin-Mitte	p. 22
Someone else's life	p. 23
Lying with the Ghosts of Berlin	p. 24
The Ghost of Anna Seghers in Marseille	p. 25
Parts of Speech	p. 26
Hanoi to Haddon: life and death of a stowaway	p. 27
Theresa Goes Home	p. 28
Patriots of Gujarat	p. 29
Boy Falling through a Gap	p. 30
Ship Advancing in the Fog	p. 31
Earthquake in Hong Kong	p. 32
Suicide Honeymoon	p. 33
How to Build Your Dream Garden	p. 34
Middle-aged Couple Watch a Pacific Sunset	p. 35
Postcard from Paradise	p. 37
Another Ulysses and Penelope	p. 38
The Weather of Loss	p. 39
Steve's Last Summer	p. 40
Another Country	p. 42
Housewife Unhinged by Six O'Clock News	p. 43
The Visit	p. 44
Love in the Dark Country	p. 45
Mantra for long distance lovers	p. 46
13 Haiku for My Lover as a Young Man	p. 47
Happiness on the North Sea	p. 49
I go my way and think how	p. 50
The Quick Life	p. 52
A house we can never find	p. 53
Sleeping in the Alps	p. 54
Mother and Daughter, the Translation	p. 55
Self-portrait of Anastassia in 12 random snaps	p. 56
My grandfather falling with a blanket	p. 57
Roman Blues	p. 59
Roman Whore Blues	p. 59
The past and future of Aurelius Marcus	p. 60
From Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina	p. 61
Farewell I Wish That You Are Very Happy	p. 62
Skipping Over Invisible Borders	p. 64
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