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16%OFFBashabi Fraser - Tartan and Turban - 9781842820445 - V9781842820445
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Tartan and Turban

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Description for Tartan and Turban Paperback. A Bengali poet living in Scotland, Bashabi Fraser creatively spans the different worlds she inhabits, celebrating the contrasts of the two countries whilst also finding commonality. The poems focus on clear themes and issues - displacement, removal, belonging, identity and war. Num Pages: 107 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.

Let the powder clouds of Holi - the festival of colour - cover you in purple, pink and green.
Be mesmerised by the proud hooded cobra weaving its charm.
Join a wedding wrapped up in reams of yellow silk and incense and alive with the swish of green kilts and the sound of bagpipes.
Watch the snow melt on the crest of soft dawns and feel the slash of rain against your numb cheek as the wind races across from the North Sea.

Read Bashabi Fraser's poetry and experience a swirl of emotions ... Read more

A Bengali poet living in Scotland, Bashabi Fraser creatively spans the different worlds she inhabits, celebrating the contrasts of the two countries whilst also finding commonality. Focussing on clear themes and issues - displacement, removal, belonging, identity, war - her poetry is vibrant with feeling and comes alive in an outrageous game of sound patterns.

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Product Details

Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
107
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
138g
Number of Pages
107
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842820445
SKU
V9781842820445
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-27

About Bashabi Fraser
Bashabi Fraser has written extensively on multi-culturalism and on poetry. She travels widely as poet, across Scotland, the UK and India. Now living in Edinburgh, Bashabi teaches English at Edinburgh University and the Open University. She has a Ph.D in English from Calcutta University.

Reviews for Tartan and Turban
Bashabi's lyrical and evocative verses... touch a chord with all those who hear her.' - THE SUNDAY STATESMAN, Calcutta Two cultures, two worlds and a writer who can span them both. - VALERIE BIERMAN

Goodreads reviews for Tartan and Turban


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