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Solio

Solio

Negrouche, Samira
Carlson, Nancy Naomi

Paperback

Series: Africa List

General Poetry

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ISBN10: 1803093382
ISBN13: 9781803093383
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: May 6 2024
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
Poetry that serves as an evocative portrayal of diverse landscapes and cultures.

In these otherworldly poetry sequences, Samira Negrouche reminds us that all life is movement, where time passes through me / beings pass through me / they are me / I am them. The I is representative of one voice, three voices, all voices, all rooted in movement as their bodies brush past one another, brush against thresholds of time and space. Everything is in flux--including the dream-like landscapes at the borders of borders--as the poet seeks to recover parts of self and memory, on both a personal and universal level. In these poems, history-laden locales such as Algiers, Timbuktu, N'Djamena, Cotonou, Zanzibar, Cape Town, and Gorée are evoked. Even the language, expertly and sensitively translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson, refuses to be pinned down, as it loops back on itself. At times contradictory, at times fractured in meaning, syntax, and diction, the playful language is riddled with restless verbs. In the end, the I takes on prophetic overtones, instilling hope for the future.

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