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Poems
Solmaz Sharif(Author)
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Published on 5. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-55597-744-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this astounding debut, Solmaz Sharif assembles her family's and her own fragmented narratives in the aftermath of warfare. These poems point to the ways violence is conducted against our language. Throughout this book are words and phrases lifted from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; their seamless inclusion exposes the euphemisms deployed to sterilize and control language. But Sharif refuses to accept this as given, and turns it on its perpetrators: 'Let it matter what we call a thing,' she writes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
MN
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
233 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55597-744-3 (9781555977443)
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Solmaz Sharif