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Wade in the Water

Af: Tracy K. Smith Engelsk Paperback

Wade in the Water

Af: Tracy K. Smith Engelsk Paperback
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2018
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018

Even the men in black armor, the ones
Jangling handcuffs and keys, what else

Are they so buffered against, if not love''s blade
Sizing up the heart''s familiar meat?

In Wade in the Water, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith''s signature voice - inquisitive, lyrical and wry - turns over what it means to be a citizen, a mother and an artist in a culture arbitrated by wealth, men and violence. The various connotations of the title, taken from a spiritual once sung on the Underground Railroad which smuggled slaves to safety in 19th-century America, resurface throughout the book, binding past and present together. Collaged voices and documents recreate both the correspondence between slave owners and the letters sent home by African Americans enlisted in the US Civil War. Survivors'' reports attest to the experiences of recent immigrants and refugees. Accounts of near-death experiences intertwine with the modern-day fallout of a corporation''s illegal pollution of a major river and the surrounding land; and, in a series of beautiful lyrical pieces, the poet''s everyday world and the growth and flourishing of her daughter are observed with a tender and witty eye. Marrying the contemporary and the historical to a sense of the transcendent, haunted and holy, this is a luminous book by one of America''s essential poets.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2018
A New York Times Notable Book of 2018

Even the men in black armor, the ones
Jangling handcuffs and keys, what else

Are they so buffered against, if not love''s blade
Sizing up the heart''s familiar meat?

In Wade in the Water, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith''s signature voice - inquisitive, lyrical and wry - turns over what it means to be a citizen, a mother and an artist in a culture arbitrated by wealth, men and violence. The various connotations of the title, taken from a spiritual once sung on the Underground Railroad which smuggled slaves to safety in 19th-century America, resurface throughout the book, binding past and present together. Collaged voices and documents recreate both the correspondence between slave owners and the letters sent home by African Americans enlisted in the US Civil War. Survivors'' reports attest to the experiences of recent immigrants and refugees. Accounts of near-death experiences intertwine with the modern-day fallout of a corporation''s illegal pollution of a major river and the surrounding land; and, in a series of beautiful lyrical pieces, the poet''s everyday world and the growth and flourishing of her daughter are observed with a tender and witty eye. Marrying the contemporary and the historical to a sense of the transcendent, haunted and holy, this is a luminous book by one of America''s essential poets.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9780141987842
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141987847
Kategori: Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Rekonstruktionstiden
Udg. Dato: 3 apr 2018
Længde: 7mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 3 apr 2018
Forfatter(e): Tracy K. Smith
Forfatter(e) Tracy K. Smith

Kategori Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Rekonstruktionstiden

ISBN-13 9780141987842

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 96

Udgave

Længde 7mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 3 apr 2018

Oplagsdato 3 apr 2018

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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