The water lily island : កោះផ្កាព្រលិត /
By Eva-Stina Byggmaster
- Phnom Penh : sval sondann , 2008.
- 85 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm .
The Water Lily Island is a bilingual poetry collection originally written in Swedish and rendered into English and Khmer, presenting a set of poems that explore themes of nature, emotion, reflection, and human experience. Although the full text isn’t widely summarized online, the title suggests that the water lily and its island act as symbolic images throughout the poems — often representing beauty, resilience, inner life, and connection to the natural world. The poems likely weave imagery of water lilies, islands, and landscapes with thoughtful reflections on self, existence, relationships, and the environment. This creates a poetic experience that invites readers to think deeply about inner emotional states and outer natural beauty, using the water lily as a recurring motif.