Description
Dreamy and playful, Gabrielle Tse’s debut pamphlet Rustlings speaks to memory and domesticity, maintaining a balletic lightness above fractures in language and heritage. With all its subtle sounds and textures, Rustlings is a sensuous exploration of the absences and complications of daily life.
‘What is remarkable is that Gabrielle Tse’s poems already possess such a mature voice. This is rich and formally inventive poetry with dynamic descriptions. Her first poem states, ‘Hurry: each day is taut and newly-spun’ – yes, isn’t it just, and doesn’t she capture just that.’
- Niall Campbell
‘An elusive, suggestive and beautiful debut, Tse’s poems are like threads ravelling up into a silk dress, or a ribbon tying tight around your neck.’ - James Appleby
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gabrielle Tse is a writer and poet from Hong Kong. Informed by her Filipina and Chinese roots, she often writes about the interweaving of cultures. Gabrielle studied Law and Literature at The University of Hong Kong then earned her Master’s in Comparative Literature from The University of Edinburgh. She is currently based in the UK.
