Forty Names Parwana Fayyaz Carcanet Press Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Poetry

A New Statesman Book Of The Year 2021 White Review In This Remarkable First Collection Parwana Fayyaz Evokes Events Lives Afghan Women Past And Present - Their Endurance Achievements Told From Points View John Mcauliffe Writes \ Litanies Which Haunt Her Poems\ Occasions\ Title Poem With She Won 2019 Forward Prize For Best Single Is Such Litany Conjuring Commemorating Poems Are Not Judgmental: They Witness Reader Infers Contexts As Well Human Stories There Spectacular Landscape Unfamiliar Villages Cities Rich History Western Press Reporting Contemporary News Foreshortens Diminishes Storytelling Has Long Tradition Culture Passed Down Orally Every Woman Even Or Especially Those Who Illiterate Knows Memorized Few Important To Share [ ] I Grew Up Among Never Went School My Grandmothers Mother Aunts Poet Away That Patience Was Chief Virtue Lost Began Resistance Hover Between Cultures Languages Thinking One Understanding Another Each Language Its Value Systems: It Learning English Gave Me Voice Enabling Distance Myself Comprehend Connection Brought Σελίδες: 96 Διαστάσεις: 13 5X13 5Cm