The Promised Land - Poems from Itinerant Life

While half the world swept west,br>we trickled eastward, one by one,br>single-file, like fugitives. Next stop:br>Abu Dhabi, where my father had a job,br>br>and money, for the first time in years . . .br>br>__________________________________________________br>br>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, Andre 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. br>br>''Naffis-Sahely''s poems usher the reader in to a world of reversals and risk . . . His narratives hold memory to account''br>DAVID HARSENT>

Product details

• Authors: Andre Naffis-Sahely, André Naffis-Sahely, AndrT Naffis-sahely
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.08.2017
• EAN: 9780141984933
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198493-3
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POETRY / Middle Eastern, Italy, Political corruption, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and ethical issues, Corruption in society, Corruption in politics, government and society, United Arab Emirates