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Chargement... The Sugar Milepar Glyn Maxwell
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Even language in The Sugar Mile is always losing and reclaiming its innocence. The most everyday of words - 'windows', 'world', 'Tate & Lyle' - become loaded with a terrible freight of hindsight, but they cannot be destroyed by it. This is a bold, beautiful and deeply rewarding poem.
A series of loosely-connected monologues, combining observations about modern-day America with family reminiscences about wartime London.A topical and accessible collection, The Sugar Mile takes its readers on a journey from wartime London to modern-day America. In a series of monologues, each beautifully drawn and intimate, Glyn Maxwell details the effects and experiences of conflict: the sense of community bounded by a distrust of strangers and foreigners; whole streets razed to the ground; homes lost, possessions misplaced and characters displaced; fears for loved-ones offset by tentative bargains with god; casual encounters given an intense, unreal edge by the context in which they occur; the routine drama and unfamiliar "everydayness" of bombs, blackouts, shelters, temporary accommodation and evacuation... With painstaking clarity and honesty, Maxwell has captured the surrealism of a world under siege-whether WWII or the war on terror declared post 9/11. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Each voice has a different poetic rhythm and meter, granting each their individuality. On the back jacket quotes, Derek Walcott praises Maxwell: "Glyn Maxwell's originality lies in his astounding ability to orchestrate asides, parenthetical quips, side-of-the-mouth ruminations into a formal verse with a bravura not dared before." I heartily agree. ( )