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Ethiopia Boy (Oxford Poets)
Chris Beckett
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Description for Ethiopia Boy (Oxford Poets)
Paperback. The author grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions ..old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. This book plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this country. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 221 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86. 64 pages. The author grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions .old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. This book plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this country. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 141 x 221 x 5. Weight: 86.
Chris Beckett grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions ...old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. "Ethiopia Boy" plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this extraordinary country. Here is a world of feasting on spicy kikwot and of famine sucking the water from rivers, of lion buses and a prayer child, where Earth sings greetings to the feet that walk on her. Haunted by the memory of his friend Abebe, the cook's son, ... Read more
Chris Beckett grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions ...old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. "Ethiopia Boy" plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this extraordinary country. Here is a world of feasting on spicy kikwot and of famine sucking the water from rivers, of lion buses and a prayer child, where Earth sings greetings to the feet that walk on her. Haunted by the memory of his friend Abebe, the cook's son, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906188092
SKU
V9781906188092
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Ref
99-22
About Chris Beckett
Chris Beckett was born in London, but grew up in Ethiopia where his father worked in the British Embassy. He received a first class degree in modern languages from Oxford University. His poems have been widely published in magazines, and he won first prize in the Poetry London competition 2001. He has also translated Amharic poems by well-known contemporary Ethiopian ... Read more
Reviews for Ethiopia Boy (Oxford Poets)
'There is a drive to these poems, a quality of song, a fresh simplicity that neatly sidesteps sentimentality though replete with longing, a feel for the past.'
Fred D'Aguiar 'Chris Beckett's poetry is highly original in the way it works with two sharply distinctive traditions in a uniquely engaging style. The language is always fresh and surprising ... Read more
Fred D'Aguiar 'Chris Beckett's poetry is highly original in the way it works with two sharply distinctive traditions in a uniquely engaging style. The language is always fresh and surprising ... Read more