The country at my shoulder / Moniza Alvi
1993, First Edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. First edition, first printing. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Covers slightly creased. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #455242
ISBN: 0192831259
Physical description; 56 pages ; 22 cm. Contents; I Was Raised in a Glove Compartment -- Pilgrimage -- Neighbourhood -- Hydrangeas -- The Afterworld -- I Make Pencil Drawings, Scribbles, Bales of Hay -- I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miro -- Hill -- On Glastonbury Tor -- Red Ridinghood's Plan -- The Garden -- Dream of Uncle -- Man of Tree and Fern -- On Dunton Bridge -- Meeting an Ex-Pupil on a Spring Morning -- In Newspaper -- Throwing Out my Father's Dictionary -- Indian Cooking -- Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan -- Arrival 1946 -- Luckbir -- The Country at my Shoulder -- The Sari -- Map of India -- When Jaswinder Lets Loose her Hair -- The Asian Fashion Show -- The Draught -- Domain -- Etching -- The Air Was Full of Starfish -- The Great Pudding -- When We Ask to Leave Our City -- On Finding a Letter to Mrs Vickers on the Pennine Way -- Housebreaker -- Afternoon at the Cinema -- Pink Ear-Plugs -- You Are Turning Me into a Novel -- The Fire-Walk -- The Bees -- Ladybirds, Icebirds -- Spring on the Hillside. Subjects; Poetry, Modern 20th century. Pakistani poetry (English). Pakistan ; Poetry. Pakistan. English poetry.
Price: €14.95