Rejoignez-nous pour un voyage dans le monde des livres!
Ajouter ce livre à l'électronique
Grey
Ecrivez un nouveau commentaire Default profile 50px
Grey
Abonnez-vous pour lire le livre complet ou lisez les premières pages gratuitement!
All characters reduced
The Neverending Quest for the Other Shore - An Epic in Three Cantos - cover

The Neverending Quest for the Other Shore - An Epic in Three Cantos

Sylvie Kandé

Traducteur Alexander Dickow

Maison d'édition: Wesleyan University Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Synopsis

Sylvie Kandé's neo-epic in three cantos is a double narrative combining today's tales of African migration to Europe on the one hand, with the legend of Abubakar II on the other: Abubakar, emperor of 14th-Century Mali, sailed West toward the new world, never to return. Kandé's language deftly weaves a dialogue between these two narratives and between the epic traditions of the globe. Dazzling in its scope, the poem swings between epic stylization, griot storytelling, and colloquial banter, capturing an astonishing range of human experience. Kandé makes of the migrant a new hero, a future hero whose destiny has not yet taken shape, whose stories are still waiting to be told in their fullness and grandeur: the neverending quest has only just begun. Country folk who made themselves belated marinerstheir bodies cadence themto cleave with the oar's tainted tipthe purple mounds of the great salt savannahwhich no furrow markswhere no seed takes root (But to say the seaearthly words are little suited)At the point of the dreamthey were a myriadno less and no moreto cross the coral barrier in laughter with its vermilion flowers:there remain but three barks adriftfull so full to the point of capsizing
Disponible depuis: 22/03/2022.
Longueur d'impression: 177 pages.

D'autres livres qui pourraient vous intéresser

  • Cardiff 75 - Contemporary Writing from the City - cover

    Cardiff 75 - Contemporary...

    Sara Hayes, Paul Jauregui,...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    'heartily recommended, and a really, really good book for dipping randomly into, as well as of excellent quality all round.' – Mab Jones, Buzz
    'A big box of marvels, abuzz with distinctive voices and vivid tales. This is dazzling testament to the ability of Creative Writing groups to energise and inspire.' – Alan Bilton
    'Down-to-earth at one moment, the next fantastical, humorous or heartfelt, nostalgic or raw, and yet hospitable, grounded in locality but with connections open to the wide world' – Philip Gross
    Some collections serve to mark particular events or milestones, whilst others contain work of the highest quality. This collection manages both of these things, with 75 pieces of poetry, creative non-fiction, and short fiction by local writers celebrating 75 years of creative writing in this fabulous city of the arts.
    Cardiff Writers' Circle was formed in 1947 and is joined here by other local writing groups, all lending their imaginations to a wide variety of styles, genres, and formats. Poignant, playful, satirical, and acutely observed, this anthology is a showcase for the fantastic talent that exists today in Cardiff, city of the dragon.
    Voir livre
  • Summer and Smoke - cover

    Summer and Smoke

    Tennessee Williams

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Alma Winemiller is a shy, religious young woman who grew up pining for the boy next door, John Buchanan. He’s grown up to become a doctor with a penchant for sexual conquest, so when he returns to their Mississippi town to start a medical practice, their strange attraction sets them on a path of turmoil and heartbreak.
     
    
     
    Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center in June 2008.
     
    
     
    Directed by Michael Hackett
     
    Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
     
    
     
    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
     
    
     
    Ann Gee Byrd as Mrs. Winemiller and Rosemary
     
    Kristen Frazier as Nellie
     
    Mark Kudisch as John Buchanan Jr.
     
    Carlos Lacamara as Papa Gonzalez
     
    Gabriel Olds as Dusty, Vernon, and Archi Kramer
     
    Tina Sánchez as Rosa Gonzalez
     
    David Selby as Dr. Buchanan Senior
     
    Tegan West as Roger Doremus 
     
    Armin Shimerman as the Reverend Winemiller
     
    Kitty Swink as Mrs. Bassett
     
    Sarah Zimmerman as Alma Winemiller
     
    
     
    Recording, editing and mixing engineer: Mark Holden
     
    Live Sound Effects by Eddie Mills
     
    Music Supervisor: Scott Willis
     
    
     
    Original music by Gareth S. Brown
    Voir livre
  • Rebellious Women - cover

    Rebellious Women

    Beth Flintoff

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    'I'm going to smash the windows.'
    When contented housewife Edith wanders by accident into a suffragette meeting, she has no plans for revolution. But the women she meets there will change her life forever.
    Increasingly concerned by the harsh treatment the protesters receive, Edith finds herself drawn ever closer to the radical centre of the movement. Where does she draw the line in the fight for equality? How far will they have to go? 
    Beth Flintoff's play Rebellious Women is an impassioned, unsentimental and sharp-witted tribute to the suffragette cause. It was premiered, in an earlier version as The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon, by Attic Theatre Company in 2018.
    This version of the play offers rich opportunities for schools, youth theatres and drama societies who want to tell the story of a group of extraordinary women who changed the world.
    Voir livre
  • Poetry Book Society Spring 2023 Bulletin - cover

    Poetry Book Society Spring 2023...

    Alice Kate Mullen

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The quarterly poetry magazine of the Poetry Book Society, founded by T.S. Eliot, featuring poems and exclusive interviews from Jason Allen Paisant, Arji Manuelpillai, Sarala Estruch, Carole Satyamurti, Will Harris, Peter Bennet, Agnès Agboton, Lawrence Schimel, Ellora Sutton, and more.
    Voir livre
  • The Book of Common Courage - Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments - cover

    The Book of Common Courage -...

    K.J. Ramsey, author of Honest...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Read by the author with extra audiobook-exclusive poems. 
    The Book of Common Courage is a collection of prayers, poems, and blessings to help you find a flicker of strength in the small and hard moments of life. Beloved author and therapist K. J. Ramsey invites you to journey word-by-word through Psalm 23 to experience how the Good Shepherd is with you and for you, especially in the valleys of life. When you struggle to find the words to hold your pain or trauma, be encouraged to cultivate the compassion and courage to believe that your story will, in fact, end in joy. 
    Through K. J.'s lyrical and emotive writing, you are invited to:Surrender your anxiety and your tears to a faithful GodValidate your emotions and embrace them as the gift they areSlow down and remember that good will come againReplenish your soul with the life of Christ and the promises of GodRefresh your faith with a peace that lastsExperience newfound confidence in prayerRemember that even when pain is not past-tense, God is still present 
      
    Courage is a common hope that we can cultivate together. These prayers and poems can be read in group settings--among friends, families, and worshipping communities--and are also ideal for personal reflection.
    Voir livre
  • Kevin Goes to Japan Story Only - cover

    Kevin Goes to Japan Story Only

    Miwako Kiritani

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    日本語教材の「ケビン日本ヘ行く」の物語のみです(単語表、JLPTサンプル問題はありませんので、ご注意ください) 
    親友の幸雄を頼ってワーキングホリデーで日本にやってきたイギリス人のケビンは、幸雄の同僚、松村弓子に一目ぼれ。幸雄の同期で幸雄に6年片思いのヤンデレOL青木智子の計らいで、弓子とのダブルデートが実現するが、事件勃発。ケビンの片思いは? そして智子の恋は実るのか? 
    日英同時表記のため、英語、日本語学習として最適です。 
    This book is the story only of the Japanese language material, called "Kevin Goes to Japan." (please note that there are no vocabulary lists or JLPT sample questions) 
    Kevin, an Englishman who came to Japan on a working holiday with his best friend Yukio, falls in love at first sight with Yukio's colleague, Yumiko Matsumura. Through the arrangement of Tomoko Aoki, Yukio's colleague and a yandere office lady who has had a crush on Yukio for six years, Kevin and Yumiko go on a double date, but something happens. What about Kevin's unrequited love? And will Tomoko's love come true? 
    This book is written in Japanese and English, which is ideal for learning English and Japanese.
    Voir livre