Opcit at Large : Book Two of The Adventures of Ibn Opcit
by
John Barr
Book Details
Format
Paperback / softback
Book Series
Adventures of Ibn Opcit
ISBN-10
1597092592
ISBN-13
9781597092593
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Imprint
Red Hen Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 28th, 2013
Print length
144 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry by individual poets
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The Adventures of Ibn Opcit is a two-volume work by John Barr, first president of The Poetry Foundation. Grace , the first volume of this mock epic, is the master song of Ibn Opcit, a Caribbean gardener/poet condemned to die by torture. In a series of jailhouse monologues we hear him descant on justice, on creation, on America, on death and o
The Adventures of Ibn Opcit is a two-volume work by John Barr, first president of The Poetry Foundation. Grace, the first volume of this mock epic, is the master song of Ibn Opcit, a Caribbean gardener/poet condemned to die by torture. In a series of jailhouse monologues we hear him descant on justice, on creation, on America, on death and on life after death. In book two, Opcit at Large, the poet pushes back on his oppressors in three adventures. Like Virgil in the Inferno he visits the afterworld of reincarnation in The Afterdammit he struggles to survive as poet laureate to Africa''s newest President for Life in Opcit en Afrique he orbits earth as The Last Cosmonaut on the eve of the fall of the Soviet Union. He comes home with the dignity and strength of one who has survived and prevailed.
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