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Tetra nova
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- Book Synopsis
- Tetra Nova is an operatic, polyphonic novel. At its heart lies the question of postcolonial burdens of identity, exile, narration, and history.In late-twentieth century Saigon, Lua Mater - a performance artist - meets Emi Terazawa, a child visiting her mother's country for the first time since the end of the war. The sudden arrival of a tiny Panda prompts fate to intervene, taking Lua and Emi on a dreamlike and investigative journey into history, language, legacy and resistance.Darting between the temples of Nagasaki, the mountains of Tucson, and an island refugee camp off the coast of Malaysia, Lua and Emi become one narrator, blending their voices into a performance of intergenerational stories that reach their crescendo with a song for humanity beyond trauma.
- About The Author
- Sophia Terazawa is the author of three poetry collections, Winter Phoenix (Deep Vellum, 2021), Anon (Deep Vellum, 2023), and the forthcoming Oracular Maladies (Noemi Press, 2026), a finalist for the 2023 Noemi Press Book Award. She has also published two award-winning chapbooks, I AM NOT A WAR (Essay Press, 2016) and Correspondent Medley (Factory Hollow Press, 2019), winner of the 2018 Tomaz Šalamun Prize. Tetra Nova is her first novel. She currently teaches poetry and hybrid forms at Virginia Tech, where she continues her practice as a performance artist.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781068751585
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- the87press, (17 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 mm
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