Terrestrial Things - Couverture souple

De Kok, Ingrid

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0795701462 ISBN 13 : 9780795701467

Editeur : Kwela Books, 2002

Synopsis

Ingrid de Kok is arguably the most lucid and composed voice in contemporary South African English poetry. Terrestrial Things is her third volume. In it she brings her art to the great dramas of our time: the burden revealed in the tragic Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings and the ceaseless ravaging of the AIDS pandemic. Two other parts of the work provide wider perspectives: one is focused on the formative family bonds and the landscapes of childhood; the other brings her love of Italy to life. A work of great courage, the book grants us the possibility of sustaining the emotional freight of our place and time without breakdown. Anchored in the personal life its dark central vision is carefully framed and steadied by the resources of poetry in the hands of a fine and mature talent.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ingrid de Kok is author of two published collections of poetry, Familiar Ground (1988) and Transfer (1997) and co-compiler and editor of another two books (with K Press: Spring is Rebellious: Albie Sachs and respondents on cultural freedom, Buchu Press, Cape Town 1990, and with G Ferguson: City in Words: Poems on Cape Town, David Philip, Cape Town 2001). As academic she has contributed chapters and articles to various academic publications, while her poetry has been included in 14 South African anthologies (since 1989) and 11 international anthologies; her work has also appeared in Italian, Japanese, French and Dutch translation and has regularly been featured in a variety of literary journals, both in South Africa and abroad.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kwela Books
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0795701462
• ISBN 13: 9780795701467
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible