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Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire: Poems

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Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire: Poems

Carolyne Wright

A poetry collection that draws on experiences in Chile and Brazil to explore exile, political violence, and the memory of a body in motion.

poetryChileBrazilexilepolitical violencememory

Work Information

A traveling gaze ties historical wounds to personal memory.

One of Carolyne Wright's signature poetry collections, it brings together scenes and encounters from travel with the political history of Latin America and private experience. Written in restrained free verse, it is shaped by a persistent attempt to approach the world from the outside.

Review Summaries

  • It reads as a sequence of poems grounded in political violence and personal travel, though its restraint and abstraction may divide readers.

Book Information

Publisher
Lynx House Books
Published
2000-05-01
Pages
82 pages
Language
英語
Size
15.24 x 0.64 x 22.23 cm
ISBN-13
9780899241067
ISBN-10
0899241069
Price
3847 JPY
Category
洋書/Literature & Fiction

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