Their Backs to the Sea

Poems and Photographs
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-916727-61-1
Verlag: Wings Press (TX)

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

Detailing the natural and human history of Rapa Nui - more commonly known as Easter Island - this extraordinary collection of poems and photographs links together the ancient inhabitants of the most isolated, inhabited spot on earth with common concerns and hopes of the present. Illustrating the unique culture and ongoing struggle to survive against dramatic odds, this volume dramatically depicts the basic desires, misgivings, and challenges that human beings have long faced, regardless of time and place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Randall, Margaret

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Randall is a poet, a photographer, and a social activist. She is the author of more than 80 books, including Into Another Time: Grand Canyon Reflections, Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle, and Stones Witness and the first recipient of PEN New Mexico's Dorothy Doyle Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing and Human Rights Activism. She lives in New Mexico.