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Poetic journey through art, love, and soundscapes.

"The Confusion of Happiness" is like a heart-to-heart with an old friend who gets the complicated nature of love and creativity. Michelle Tan's words might just dance to the music in your head, especially if you're the kind of person who finds poetry in the pauses of a piano melody or the quiet moments of self-reflection. It's a brief but immersive dip into the world of emotions and aesthetics for anyone eager to explore the intersection where they meet.

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The Confusion of Happiness

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ISBN: 9789810782146
Authors: Michelle Tan
Publisher: Math Paper Press
Date of Publication: 2014-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Poetry
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.48
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Best whispered aloud to a backdrop of Bon Iver or the strains of Scriabin's piano sonatas, The Confusion of Happiness questions the promises of love against a life of art. In this first collection, the poet walks herself around a gallery of texts, taking notes on those who have come before her. The language of her transcriptions spills secrets of girlhood and distant loves. Almost a poetic Künstlerroman, the 45 poems are ordered to reflect a journey of affections and musical understanding. They shuffle like crossfaded tracks through changing cities, characters and combinations of sound. These lines blur between representation and truth. The reader is left to trace the shape of a lyric body in the liminal space between silence and music.
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Poetic journey through art, love, and soundscapes.

"The Confusion of Happiness" is like a heart-to-heart with an old friend who gets the complicated nature of love and creativity. Michelle Tan's words might just dance to the music in your head, especially if you're the kind of person who finds poetry in the pauses of a piano melody or the quiet moments of self-reflection. It's a brief but immersive dip into the world of emotions and aesthetics for anyone eager to explore the intersection where they meet.

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.