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In Ornament of Asia, Alice Kavounas engages us with daring personal stories, as well as quotidian moments, expressed in vivid, precise language. Following on from The Invited (Sinclair-Stevenson), with its "brilliant lyrical style" (Alan Brownjohn), Alice Kavounas has deepened and widened her range. She writes from an unusual perspective: a New Yorker whose father escaped from his idyllic birthplace in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire to build a new life in America.

Produktbeschreibung
In Ornament of Asia, Alice Kavounas engages us with daring personal stories, as well as quotidian moments, expressed in vivid, precise language. Following on from The Invited (Sinclair-Stevenson), with its "brilliant lyrical style" (Alan Brownjohn), Alice Kavounas has deepened and widened her range. She writes from an unusual perspective: a New Yorker whose father escaped from his idyllic birthplace in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire to build a new life in America.
Autorenporträt
Alice Kavounas, Manhattan-born to Greek parents, grew up bilingual. Reading English Literature at Vassar inspired her move to London where she achieved publication for her first collection,' The Invited' (Sinclair-Stevenson). Her love of the sea and countryside led her and her novelist/historian husband Frederick Taylor to move to the Lizard, Cornwall, where they have lived for decades. Alice has tutored for The Poetry School London for fifteen years, and was Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University, teaching copywriting, a career which many poets, including herself, have depended on for a living. 'One Step at a Time' is her fourth Shearsman publication.