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Navigating young adulthood's restlessness and desire.

Jerrold Yam's "Intruder" could resonate with you if you've ever felt like a traveler through your own life, searching for connection in a sea of fleeting encounters. His poetry delves into the core of what it means to be young, restless, and in search of meaning across diverse landscapes, both geographical and emotional. The vivid imagery and candid exploration of sensuality, displacement, and the contradictions inherent in seeking intimacy while fearing commitment, make it a compelling read for anyone who's grappled with the transient nature of relationships and self-identity.

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ISBN: 9789810913724
Authors: Jerrold Yam
Publisher: Ethos Books
Date of Publication: 2014-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Poetry
Related Topics: LGBTQ+, Feminism
Goodreads rating: 3.14
(rated by 21 readers)

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At home with loneliness and passing encounters, can we be familiar with another or even ourselves? Does love outweigh the uncertainty of its memory? In his third and latest collection, award-winning poet Jerrold Yam ushers us into a traveller's world through sensitive and enquiring eyes, navigating a landscape of flitting figures, thoughts and emotions.Informed by expansive travel across Asia and Europe, Yam's poetry is as varied as his journey, exploring geysers, horse riding and Picasso, while building on his preoccupations with family, sensuality and displacement. His poems make fresh the contradictions of young adulthood, its heady mix of determined restlessness, bold insecurities, desire for intimacy and fear of commitment. In his unflinchingly honest treatment of these themes, Yam exhibits new range and complexity as he describes a shifting terrain, where moving on is as difficult as letting go.Above all, Intruder is an attempt to make sense of the impermanent structures that hold up one's life. Home, like love, may be a fiction that we must resist claiming for our own. After all, can we--and should we--be more than intruders?
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Navigating young adulthood's restlessness and desire.

Jerrold Yam's "Intruder" could resonate with you if you've ever felt like a traveler through your own life, searching for connection in a sea of fleeting encounters. His poetry delves into the core of what it means to be young, restless, and in search of meaning across diverse landscapes, both geographical and emotional. The vivid imagery and candid exploration of sensuality, displacement, and the contradictions inherent in seeking intimacy while fearing commitment, make it a compelling read for anyone who's grappled with the transient nature of relationships and self-identity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.