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On the Ground

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A spiritually resonant and politically urgent new collection by the winner of the Lenore Marshall poetry prizeMy father was a soldierwho was smaller than my sonwhen he returned as a ghost.I begged him to stay with usbut he said: "Not until you come to life."-from "[Untitled]"Fanny Howe's bold new collection responds to the contrast between American imperialist goals and the realities of life lived "on the ground." While our minds are preoccupied with the war games on television, we go on living among our ordinary joys and appetites. How can we live under these dissonant conditions and reconcile our existence with our longings?

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781555974039
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 64
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. juli 2004
  • Størrelse:
  • 161x7x228 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 136 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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A spiritually resonant and politically urgent new collection by the winner of the Lenore Marshall poetry prizeMy father was a soldierwho was smaller than my sonwhen he returned as a ghost.I begged him to stay with usbut he said: "Not until you come to life."-from "[Untitled]"Fanny Howe's bold new collection responds to the contrast between American imperialist goals and the realities of life lived "on the ground." While our minds are preoccupied with the war games on television, we go on living among our ordinary joys and appetites. How can we live under these dissonant conditions and reconcile our existence with our longings?

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