Publisher comments
Soleïman Adel Guémar's poetry sings of life's sensual
pleasures in the face of the grotesque morbidity of violent political
repression.
pleasures in the face of the grotesque morbidity of violent political
repression.
" His surly ironies have a fighter's edge, a tough beauty which ropes us
in. Britain has inadvertently inherited a political poet of stature, one
whose languages sings whether he is attacking the face of grim authority.
In the excellent transation by Tom Cheesman and John Goodby, Guémar's poems
carry all their native force and brusque wit." - Lisa Appignanesi-
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" His surly ironies have a fighter's edge, a tough beauty which
ropes us in. (...) In the excellent translation by Tom Cheesman and John
Goodby, Guémar's poems carry all their native force and brusque wit " -
Lisa Appignanesi-
ropes us in. (...) In the excellent translation by Tom Cheesman and John
Goodby, Guémar's poems carry all their native force and brusque wit " -
Lisa Appignanesi-
