Cover of Compass Rose

First published 2014

Compass Rose

by Arthur Sze

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A child playing a game, tea leaves resting in a bowl, an abandoned dog, a foot sticking out from a funeral pyre, an Afghan farmer pausing as mortars fire at the enemy: in Arthur Sze's tenth book, the world spins on many points of reference, unfolding with full sensuous detail.

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ISBN 9781556594670