Pillage

Antjie Krog (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2022
Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7981-8318-5 (ISBN)

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This new collection, Pillage, is published eight years since Synapse (Mede-wete), which received the Hertzog Prize for Poetry in 2017. In Pillage Krog develops her familiar themes of family, body and land but this time in the harsh light of pillaging, whether being done by nature, humans, or old age.

The poems reveal a painful fragility, an exasperation and even at times a blissful celebration trying to determine different ways of dealing with erosions, here and now. Then there is finding comfort, being nourished by remarkable moments of beauty: the delight of an egret in a vlei, watching over a young child who is discovering the world around him, and remembering the raptures of love. Pillage is translated by award winning poet and translator, Karen Press.

Krog is one of SA's foremost poets. She received the Hertzog Prize for Lady Anne (1989) and Mede-wete (2017). Country of My Skull, her account of the TRC, received several awards, e.g. the Hiroshima Foundation’s award for Peace and Culture. She has been Extraordinary Professor of Literature and Philosophy at UWC since 2004.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2022
Verlagsort	Cape Town
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-10	0-7981-8318-7 / 0798183187
ISBN-13	978-0-7981-8318-5 / 9780798183185
Zustand	Neuware