內容簡介：
Provenance is a repertoire of poems written by the same daughter, student, lawyer, wife and mother over a span of twenty years in Hong Kong. The 47 poems explore sociocultural and more personalised themes of transformation, deprivation, aspiration and love against the backdrop of a city of East-West dichotomy. Such exploration culminated in the author’s artwork presented in this book.
作者身兼女兒、學生、律師、妻子和母親，將自己在香港二十年間所撰寫的詩歌，結集成《Provenance》一書。在東、西文化碰撞的城市背景下，這47首詩探討了社會文化，以及更內在的主題──轉變、匱乏、渴望和愛。作者也以畫作表達出自己對這些主題的探索。
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本書特色：
- The poems in the book include an array of themes that echoes various chapters of life and depicts the stark contrast between traditional Chinese expectations and contemporary values.
本詩集包含了一系列的主題，呼應生活中的各個章節，並描繪出中國傳統思想與當代價值觀之間的鮮明對比。
- The author seeks to explore a range of varied poetic forms in the book.
作者在書中力求探索不同的詩歌形式。
- The book includes the author’s artwork which adopts both a Western surrealist approach in depicting her poetic themes as well as a Chinese ink wash approach in creating visual fluidity.
本書收錄了作者的油畫作品，既採用了西方超現實主義的手法來描繪詩意主題，同時以中國水墨畫手法來創造出視覺流動性。
作者簡介：
Joanne Lau
Joanne Lau is a lawyer born and raised in Hong Kong. She is the recipient of the Most Highly Commended Award at the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest.
Joanne Lau於香港出生及成長，現為一名律師。她曾獲得湯姆·霍華德/約翰·H·里德詩歌競賽的最高讚揚獎。
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