Minx
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
1784745871
ISBN-13
9781784745875
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
Chatto & Windus
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 20th, 2025
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
112 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 13.50 x 0.50 cms
Product Classification:
United Kingdom, Great BritainRelating to childhoodRelating to Romani people and TravellersPoetryPoetry / PoemsPoetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poetsFiction / Literature / Comics / Graphic novels: special featuresFiction: special featuresSocial discrimination and social justicePoverty and precarityEthnic groups and multicultural studiesPoverty & unemploymentSocial discrimination & inequalityEthnic minorities & multicultural studiesSocial welfare & social servicesSocial welfare, social policy and social services
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‘Like amber, these poems capture moments of time, place and feeling'' Lemn Sissay, author of My Name is Why
''An assured debut . . . It''s not just the Dickensian narrative that''s gripping , but the way it brings different forms to bear on its material'' Guardian
''Don’t worry, I’m here in the house where every room has a name, but children’s names are often forgotten.''
Uplifting and heart-breaking, this lyrical evocation of an Anglo-Romani childhood marks the arrival of a vital new voice.
MINX reveals the vibrant but precarious world of a multi-racial Romani family: a world of grandfathers brewing moonshine in marrows, basement reggae parties, and a mother struggling to support her two daughters on the proceeds of her shadowy profession. Their powerful bond helps the sisters survive when they’re taken into care, in a children’s home that forcibly separates them.
With a verve and playfulness that belies their pain, these poems explore what it means to belong. Through daring experiments with form and narrative, MINX captures how it feels to grow up between a culture whose traditional ways are being lost and a wider society that despises them.
''Moving, magical, mesmerising, these poems stay with you long after the pages are closed’ Jackie Kay, author of Fiere
''An assured debut . . . It''s not just the Dickensian narrative that''s gripping , but the way it brings different forms to bear on its material'' Guardian
''Don’t worry, I’m here in the house where every room has a name, but children’s names are often forgotten.''
Uplifting and heart-breaking, this lyrical evocation of an Anglo-Romani childhood marks the arrival of a vital new voice.
MINX reveals the vibrant but precarious world of a multi-racial Romani family: a world of grandfathers brewing moonshine in marrows, basement reggae parties, and a mother struggling to support her two daughters on the proceeds of her shadowy profession. Their powerful bond helps the sisters survive when they’re taken into care, in a children’s home that forcibly separates them.
With a verve and playfulness that belies their pain, these poems explore what it means to belong. Through daring experiments with form and narrative, MINX captures how it feels to grow up between a culture whose traditional ways are being lost and a wider society that despises them.
''Moving, magical, mesmerising, these poems stay with you long after the pages are closed’ Jackie Kay, author of Fiere
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