Rachael Allen

Kingdomland (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 45 Min.
Sprecher: Allen, Rachael

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Produktbeschreibung

Kingdomland is the debut poetry collection of Rachael Allen - a writer of rare vision and flair. The world she creates is suffused with surreal images and uncanny incidents. Unexplained violences and strange metamorphoses take shape in the 'glowering dusk'. And yet, all too clearly, we recognise life here on earth, its everyday griefs, dysfunctions and injustices. Where distinctions between murder and bloodletting, corruption and consumption are blurred. Where a pet tarantula or mimic octopus might find itself beside glands and processed meats. Landscapes shift and identities dissolve: 'the red bricks of the day' exist 'in a woman's chest', a human presence is 'embedded in the walls'. All appears changed, but familiar. Intercut with oblique verse fragments and a series of linked sequences, Allen blends elements of fiction and ekphrasis to create a haunting and unforgettable debut.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571355099
• Artikelnr.: 68077819

Autorenporträt

Rachael Allen is the author of Kingdomland and God Complex, both published by Faber. Kingdomland (2019), was a Poetry Book Society Choice. She was the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award and an Eric Gregory Award. She was born in Cornwall, and works as an editor and lecturer.