The Shores of Vaikus
Compra a Amazon

Com a afiliat d’Amazon, Lignina obté ingressos de compres que compleixen els requisits aplicables

The Shores of Vaikus

In this edgy homage to Estonia, the country of his refugee father’s birth, T S Eliot Prizewinner Philip Gross continues to develop the subtle conversation between words and silence that is at the core of his poetry.

At this collection’s heart, the shapeshifting prose-poem monologues of Evi And The Devilweave a haunted landscape out of folktale, dark humour, the routine atrocities of history and a vividly present sense of place. The island of Vaikus (one of several words for silence in Estonian) is Estonia condensed, refracted in the dark waters of a bog pool. The voice that speaks with such compelling otherness is a channelling of a culture and a disposition often drowned out in successive occupations by the empires of the day, but always alive, and whispering. The resulting book is both a bold departure and a drawing together of the whole range of a writing life.

Detalls del llibre

Editorial
Bloodaxe Books
Any de publicació
2025
Col·lecció
Idioma
Anglès
ISBN
9781780377179
LAN
ae0b864329a5

Formats

Tapa tova ePub