The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here. (Poems)

Bloodaxe, Hexham 2019 (1st publ.)

Ravinthiran, Vidyan
The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here. (Poems)
Bloodaxe, Hexham 2019 (1st publ.)
Größe: gr 8°
Seitenzahl: 60 S.
Einband: OBrosch.
Vorl. Spr. Orig.: Englisch
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- Verlagsinfo: Vidyan Ravinthiran’s second collection is a book of sonnets for his wife. These are love poems that turn analytical, consider the world, and in which the pronoun ‘we’ aspires to stand for a larger community, including (if you like) the readers themselves. Many describe life in northern England for a mixed-race couple, considering both the redemptive force of love and the cultural origins of our discontent. Brexit
racist and sexist abuse
class
our work-life balance, and our relationship with institutions (be it our employer, or the NHS)
taboos surrounding mental health
civil war in Sri Lanka
media representation of minorities
immigrant anxieties: these poems look inward, but also outward. Worrying at the link between society and our private lives, they scorn a politics which would put us in separate boxes. Love, and imagination, may not conquer all, but as recent shocks suggest, ‘we’ must at least try to understand people different from us. [L200/ravi.v/...]

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