From Base Materials

Name: From Base Materials
Brand: Carcanet Press Ltd
SKU: 9781800174160
Price: 2150 KES
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ISBN: 9781800174160

by Jenny Lewis

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1800174160

ISBN-13 9781800174160

Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd

Imprint Carcanet Poetry

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jun 27th, 2024

Print length 90 Pages

Weight 116 grams

Dimensions 13.30 x 21.60 x 0.80 cms

Product Classification: Poetry Poetry / Poems Poetry / poems by individual poets Poetry by individual poets

KSh 2,150.00

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These poems are apocalyptic and sensory, coming from a place of hurt and love, of the human spirit struggling to transcend 'base matter' and make sense of the world.

Rich and various, From Base Materials ranges thematically from violence towards women, love in old age and surviving cancer to translations from Arabic and Russian and a topical re-imagining of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The poems speak of formation, transformation and the struggles of the human spirit to transmute 'base matter' and accept mortality and frailty of the flesh with courage and compassion. For the long poem, 'Love in Old Age', Jenny Lewis says: 'Although it addresses a lover, it is really about multiple experiences of love (both real and imagined) throughout a long life and how I am as much a literary construct as a human individual. I have drawn on literature that has shaped me, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, early Celtic nature poetry and hermit poetry and, more recently, feminist writings such as those of Hélène Cixous.'

Get From Base Materials by Jenny Lewis at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Carcanet Press Ltd and it has 90 pages.