The Naming of Names - Couverture souple

Trevett, Shash

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1914914805 ISBN 13 : 9781914914805

Editeur : Smith|Doorstop Books, 2024

Synopsis

Over 100,000 Tamil civilians were killed during the Sri Lankan civil war, their deaths often dismissed as collateral damage. What happens to names once the person who wore them dies? When there is no one left alive who remembers the laughter they once carried. In the ordinary course of a life every syllable of a name would be fully used up: a full life led. The violence of war doesn’t merely decimate the physical body: it shocks into silence names, lineages and history. This book is a tender exhumation of the lyricism of Tamil names: of flowers, the moon and stars; of beauty, music and grace.

Expanding upon the work in her powerful and moving 2021 pamphlet From a Borrowed Land, Shash Trevett's The Naming of Names bears witness to the Tamil experience during the Sri Lankan civil war through poetry that spans a broad range of responses to this violent and tragic history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Smith|Doorstop Books
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1914914805
• ISBN 13: 9781914914805
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible