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In My Father's House
David Kinloch
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Description for In My Father's House
Paperback. A touching and humorous collection of poems about fathers and father figures, from one of the most exciting Scottish poets writing today. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
A quick-tempered grandmother is singing; The Mikado is performed in an African village: David Kinloch explores his relationship with his father in unexpected and affectionate terms. An extended sequence of poems moves from personal memory to reflect on the values embodied in such cultural father figures as the explorer David Livingstone and the Irish patriot Roger Casement. Translations of poems by Paul Celan and others into vivid Scots weave through the sequence, illuminating the disturbing connections between patriarchy and twentieth-century violence. In contrast, moving and humorous 'dissections' of adult relationships evoke images of the body both scientific and spiritual. ... Read more
A quick-tempered grandmother is singing; The Mikado is performed in an African village: David Kinloch explores his relationship with his father in unexpected and affectionate terms. An extended sequence of poems moves from personal memory to reflect on the values embodied in such cultural father figures as the explorer David Livingstone and the Irish patriot Roger Casement. Translations of poems by Paul Celan and others into vivid Scots weave through the sequence, illuminating the disturbing connections between patriarchy and twentieth-century violence. In contrast, moving and humorous 'dissections' of adult relationships evoke images of the body both scientific and spiritual. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857547665
SKU
V9781857547665
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-18
About David Kinloch
David Kinloch was born in Glasgow in 1959 and is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde. He is the co-founder of the poetry magazine Verse. Carcanet also publishes the poet's previous collection, Un Tour d'Ecosse (2001).
Reviews for In My Father's House
'A sparkling collection: full of sensuous richness and linguistic inventiveness.' - Edwin Morgan.