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Violet by Selima Hill (Paperback, 1997)
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Violet is full of double trouble: startlingly wild, often bizarre poems on sisters and husbands, sex, ducks and fridges. If Selima Hill seems to show as strange a portrait of family life as anything by Bunuel or Almodovar, that is because her mirror reflects more than just surfaces. Hers is a looking-glass world seen through a fairground mirror, which exaggerates and accuses as well as telling a few home truths. Both distorting and revealing, Violet explodes lies and tells them too; exposes myths and creates them. In the end, nothing is certain, except that there are giant cows paddling in the stream, sloths singing in the trees, ants herding ferocious sheep, and ailing fish in the fish hospital. When the mirror cracks, with pain or laughter, the book splits into two halves. My Sister's Sister is the story of two sisters, from the early days of their childhood to their final estrangement after the death of their mother. My Husband's Wife is a woman whose love for her husband survives the painful breakdown of their marriage. Violet was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for all three of the UK's major poetry prizes, the Forward Prize, T.S. Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Award.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloodaxe Books LTD
ISBN-139781852244002
eBay Product ID (ePID)89408492
Product Key Features
Book TitleViolet
AuthorSelima Hill
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicPoetry
Publication Year1997
Number of Pages80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width138mm
Item Weight130g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSelima Hill
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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Poetry that surprises, pleases, and makes a great gift for any poetry loverVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
