A Portable Paradise
移民、家族、黒人英国社会、グレンフェル・タワー火災の記憶などを、音楽的なリズムと語りの力で描く詩集。楽園は遠い場所ではなく、持ち運び、守り、分け合うべき感覚として提示される。
作品情報
携えられる楽園は、不正義への怒りと人への愛情のあいだに生まれる。
ダブや口承の響きを背景に、ロンドンの生活、カリブ海の記憶、家族の親密さ、社会的暴力を往復する。詩は抗議であると同時に、人間のユーモアと寛大さを信じる手段でもある。
レビュー要約
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語りの明晰さと感情を動かす力が評価されている。社会的怒りと日常の喜びを同じ詩的空間に置く点が読者に強く届く。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Peepal Tree Pr Ltd
- 発売日
- 2020-05-19
- ページ数
- 81ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.34 x 0.76 x 20.96 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781845234331
- ISBN-10
- 1845234332
- 価格
- 2506 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/Caribbean & Latin American
Roger Robinson&;s range is wide: the joys and pains of family life; the ubiquitous presence of racism; observations on the threatening edge of violence below the surface energies of Black British territories in London; emblematic poems on the beauty and often bizarre strangeness of the world of animals; quizzical responses to the strange, the heartening, and the appalling in incidents encountered in daily life; and reflections on the purposes and costs of making art. Not least, in the sequence of poems that reflect on the meanings of the Grenfell Tower fire, Roger Robinson finds ways to move beyond a just indignation to uncover the undertones of experience that bring us nearer to the human reality of that event. The collection&;s title points to the underlying philosophy expressed in these poems: that earthly joy is, or ought to be, just within, but is often just beyond our reach, denied by racism, misogyny, physical cruelty, and those with the class power to deny others their share of worldly goods and pleasures. A Portable Paradise is not the emptiness of material accumulation, but joy in an openness to people, places, the sensual pleasures of food, and the rewards to be had from the arts of word, sound, and visual enticement&;in short an &;insatiable hunger&; for life. The poems express a fierce anger against injustice, but also convey the irrepressible sense that Roger Robinson cannot help but love people for their humour, oddity, and generosity of spirit.These finely crafted poems reveal Roger Robinson&;s capacity to tell involving stories and capture the essence of a character in a few words, to move the emotions with the force of verbal expression, and to engage our thoughts. A Portable Paradise is a feast to be carried by lovers of poetry wherever they go.
Roger Robinson is the winner of the 2020 TS Eliot Prize for poetry. His first full poetry collection, The Butterfly Hotel , was shortlisted for The OCM Bocas Poetry Prize.
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I don't usually favour poetry, but as part of my quest to read by books outside my comfort zone, I picked this from Kindle Unlimited and WOW. This book was written by a London-born Trinidadian and his story-telling and range impressed me. Every single poem touched me. Some made me seriously emotional. The book is split into sections. There were several parts. The first section, which focused on Grenfell really punched me in the heart, but my favourite poem was in the second section. It was called WOKE and looked at the history of the black man in a way that made me weep. I couldn't stop thinking about it. There is a section on experience with the hospital too which was always touching but since lockdown, is more so (look out for Nurses). This book had me using the highlighting function - I never highlight! The writing is touching, beautiful and inspiring. Each work flowed into the next. Once I started I couldn't put down. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Roger has a way of breathing life into ordinary words that they sound as if they came from a surreal world. Yet, we know they're real, because we feel the weight and strengths of every syllable. Well done!!!!
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Bought for myself, as a gift (twice), even bought it translated to Greek, it is spot on, sincere, balanced, thought provoking.
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A wonderful collection of poetry that is authentic, heartfelt, and uncompromisingly tells the stories that must be told. One of my all-time favourites.
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Truth Every word
関連する文学賞
- T. S. エリオット賞 第27回（2019年） ・Winner