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Blackbird, Bye Bye Moniza Alvi

Blackbird, Bye Bye By Moniza Alvi

Blackbird, Bye Bye by Moniza Alvi

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Alvi's latest collection of surrealist fables features 'Motherbird' and 'Fatherbird' - inspired by her Pakistani father's immigration and recent death. Her previous two collections were shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

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Blackbird, Bye Bye by Moniza Alvi

Moniza Alvi's new book is unified by birds. Her creations 'Motherbird' and 'Fatherbird' are inspired by her parents, and by the loss of her father and by his emigration from Pakistan. Among the many bird-related poems are versions of the French poets Jules Supervielle and Saint-John Perse, and poems 'after' the paintings of the Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist Remedios Varo. Blackbird, Bye Bye is Moniza Alvi's first new poetry book since her T.S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted collection At the Time of Partition, published in 2013.

Blackbird, Bye Bye Reviews

'She has a metaphysical wit, both very economical and very wild; the power to create extraordinary concrete images with a lot of space around them; and an imagination so surreal that surreal is where we start. We only gradually realise that she is using the surreal as a lens through which her poems marvel at so-called real life. It is all presented so fluidly and naturally, with a smile and subtle humour, that you accept it instantly.' - Ruth Padel, The Poem and the Journey; 'At the Time of Partition is a truly extraordinary collection, a work which succeeds in being spare, compelling and timeless. Furthermore, for the subcontinental reader, it captures a moment of time, a memory, so visceral that it has an extraordinary power. This book should not be missed.' - Muneeza Shamsie, Dawn; 'These poems are about what is just out of reach, what cannot ever quite be captured but can be imagined with such delicacy that it becomes real.' - Helen Dunmore, Observer

About Moniza Alvi

Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hertfordshire. After working for many years as a secondary school teacher in London, she is now a freelance writer and tutor, and lives in Wymondham, Norfolk. Her latest books are Blackbird, Bye Bye, out in 2018; her book-length poem, At the Time of Partition (Bloodaxe Books, 2013); Homesick for the Earth, her versions of the French poet Jules Supervielle (Bloodaxe Books, 2011); Europa (Bloodaxe Books, 2008); and Split World: Poems 1990-2005 (Bloodaxe Books, 2008), which includes poems from her five previous collections, The Country at My Shoulder (1993), A Bowl of Warm Air (1996), Carrying My Wife (2000), Souls (2002) and How the Stone Found Its Voice (2005). The Country at My Shoulder was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot and Whitbread poetry prizes, and Carrying My Wife was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Europa was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Moniza Alvi received a Cholmondeley Award in 2002. At the Time of Partition was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the 2013 T.S. Eliot Prize.

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GOR010971727
9781780374222
1780374224
Blackbird, Bye Bye by Moniza Alvi
Moniza Alvi
Used - Like New
Paperback
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
2018-06-21
64
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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