Kalakuta Republic
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0863563228 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 116 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"I've been reading the work of Chris Abani for some" according to Michael Carroll. I've been reading the work of Chris Abani for some time now. The heartfelt small poetry book about pain, violence and forgiveness truly resonates with me. First heard of him on KPFK in Los Angeles when he did a radio interview and read some pieces from "Kalakuta Republic" and have beena follower of his work since that time. Thanks Chris Abani.. A Stunning Achievement A Customer This book is a stunning achievement. I went from poem to poem in amazement at this writers ability to capture those moments of horror he endured as a political prisoner and transform them. Like Yeats said "a terrible beauty is born"This is a splendid example of the poetry of witness and I think it belongs in the company of Akhmatova's Requiem. When she was asked "Can you describe all this/and I said I can".That is what this writer did,. A Customer said Dark Light. Abani's book left me speechless. At the horror. The pain and the inhumanity of other people.It also left me speechless with regard to myself. It reminded me of what is important in life and how important it is, at whatever level, to do the right thing, no matter how difficult.The poet's tale of incaceration for his writing in Nigeria's old regimes is a humbling one. It is also an inspiring one. No other book in the last ten years has m
'A beautiful work of art elevates art and humanity above meanness and inhumanity.' --World Literature Today'An unheralded chunk of authentic literature Abani has lived to tell his tale, the least we can do, is listen to it.' --New Statesman 'A brave and challenging book I was moved as much by what the poems have achieved as by what they have rescued from that nightmare world. Reading, I found myself in tears.' --Sunday Tribune 'Abani's poems are the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable. Reading them is like being singed by a red hot iron.' --Harold Pinter 'Abani's survival instinct and his poems contain moments
This powerful collection of poems details the harrowing experiences endured by Abani and other political prisoners at the hands of Nigeria’s military regime in the late 1980s.