While half the world swept west,
we trickled eastward, one by one,
single-file, like fugitives. Next stop:
Abu Dhabi, where my father had a job,
and money, for the first time in years . . .
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Flitting from the mud-soaked floors of Venice to the glittering, towering constructions of the Abu Dhabi of his childhood and early adulthood, from present-day London to North America, André Naffis-Sahely's bracingly plain-spoken first collection gathers portraits of promised lands and those who go in search of them: labourers, travellers, dreamers; the hopeful and the dispossessed.
'Naffis-Sahely's poems usher the reader in to a world of reversals and risk . . . His narratives hold memory to account'
DAVID HARSENT
| ISBN: | 9780141984933 |
| Publication date: | 3rd August 2017 |
| Author: | André NaffisSahely |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 65 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Poetry |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Migration, immigration and emigration Corruption in politics, government and society Globalization Social and ethical issues |
While half the world swept west,we trickled eastward, one by one,single-file, like fugitives. Next stop:Abu Dhabi, where my father had a job,and money, for the first time in years . . .__________________________________________________Flitting from the mud-soaked floors of Venice to the glittering, towering constructions of the Abu Dhabi of his childhood and early adulthood, from present-day London to North America, André Naffis-Sahely's bracingly plain-spoken first collection gathers portraits of promised lands and those who go in search of them: labourers, travellers, dreamers; the hopeful and the dispossessed.
The Promised Land features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Migration, immigration and emigration, Corruption in politics, government and society, Globalization, Social and ethical issues
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The Promised Land was written by André NaffisSahely and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Promised Land has 65 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Poetry series
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