E-Book, Englisch, 104 Seiten
Lewis Taking Mesopotamia
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-906188-19-1
Verlag: Oxford Poets
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 104 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-906188-19-1
Verlag: Oxford Poets
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
Taking Mesopotamia was originally inspired by Jenny Lewis's search for her lost father - the young South Wales Borderer who fought in the ill-fated Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. Through reconstructed diary extracts, witness statements, formal poems and free verse, the book extends into a wider exploration of the recent Iraq wars. It also includes translations of a number of the poems into Arabic, and photographs taken by Lewis's father on campaign in 1916. Woven throughout the book is a strand inspired by The Epic of Gilgamesh, whose themes of hubris, abuse of power and fear of death show us how little the world has changed in four thousand years.




