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Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Hardback
Main Details
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Look We Have Coming to Dover!
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Daljit Nagra
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:64 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571352340
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Classifications | Dewey:821.92 |
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Edition |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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Publication Date |
5 September 2019 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Taking in its sights Matthew Arnold's 'land of dreams', the collection explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural Britain with wit, intelligence and no small sense of mischief. Nagra, whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, conjures a jazzed hybrid language to tell stories of aspiration, assimilation, alienation and love. By turns realist and romantic, these charged and challenging poems never shy from confrontation, but remain, always, touched by a humorous zeal and an appetite for living. This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.
Author Biography
Daljit Nagra was born and raised in West London, then Sheffield, and currently lives in Willesden where he works in a secondary school. 'Look We Have Coming to Dover!' won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem 2004.
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