The Pomegranates of Kandahar
$31.81
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2007
Summary
A Poetry Book Society Choice and a brave, intelligent collection from the highly praised Sarah Maguire.
Sarah Maguire’s rich and lyrical poems have been highly praised for the ease with which they ground precise, sensual detail within the wider context of world events. In this remarkable new collection, her poems travel greater distances than ever before.
The title poem laments the devastation visited upon Afghanistan following decades of war. Other poems consider the casualti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780701181314 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0701181311 |
| Author: | Sarah Maguire |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2007 |
| Weight: | 97g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 135mm x 7mm |
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Critics Review
“There is so much to love in the wonderful poetry of Sarah Maguire.”
She offers precise glimpses of the English countryside, with cool observations of war-torn landscapes and political unrest * Independent, Christmas books special *
An original and exciting voice – John Burnside * Scotsman *
There is so much to love in the wonderful poetry of Sarah Maguire – Carol Shields
Her poems are both voluptuous and concise, maintaining a perfect balance between scientifically exact observation and a world of marvels – Peter Parker * Daily Telegraph *
[Maguire] writes dark, erotic, complex and lyrical poems which are so richly layered you can almost taste them – Maura Dooley, editor of Making for Planet Alice: New Women Poets
About The Author
Sarah Maguire
Born in 1957, Sarah Maguire has published three previous collections of poetry: Spilt Milk, The Invisible Mender, and The Florist’s at Midnight. She also edited the anthology Flora Poetica: the Chatto Book of Botanical Verse.
Maguire is the founder and director of the Poetry Translation Centre at SOAS. She co-translated Yama Yari’s A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear with Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi.
She is responsible for introducing a wide range of international poets into English through her work with the Poetry Translation Centre. Sarah Maguire has lived all her life in west London.
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