The Disturbance - Couverture souple

Alvarez, Ivy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781720878 ISBN 13 : 9781781720875

Editeur : Seren, 2013

Synopsis

Disturbance is a precise, pained, and wondrous book.
Teju Cole

Disturbance is a novel in verse by Ivy Alvarez that chronicles a multiple homicide, a tragic case of domestic violence, where a family was gunned down by the husband and father.

The book features poems in a kaleidoscope of voices from all the characters involved. We first meet the family itself and witness how the father s controlling attitude gradually escalates into violence. Then we get the aftermath: the authorities, police and neighbours, who all might have helped to prevent this tragedy.

This is a very dark book, but a courageous one, ultimately about evil and its presence in our everyday lives. The fact that this family was relatively well-to-do, seemingly prosperous and well-connected, adds another layer of intrigue and mystery. There is some graphic violence, but the emphasis is on the characters and their motivations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ivy Alvarez is the author of Mortal, her first poetry collection. Her poems appear in anthologies, journals and new media in many countries, including Poetry Wales, New Welsh Review, Roundyhouse, Red Poets, and many others. Born in the Philippines and raised in Australia, she became a British citizen in 2010, after living in Cardiff, Wales since 2004.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seren
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781720878
• ISBN 13: 9781781720875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible