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Letters to My Mother: And Other Mothers
Bashabi Fraser
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Description for Letters to My Mother: And Other Mothers
Paperback. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. .
A collection of poetry on the themes of motherhood, empowerment, love and loss by acclaimed poet who has published three collections previously.
> Drawing on her Indian and British life experience, Fraser engages with hard-hitting current issues such as rape culture in India, climate change and war. A son questions his mother’s love after she has learned about his violent deeds. The biblical Eve is shown as a liberator. A daughter of India demands justice from her society.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
119
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910745144
SKU
V9781910745144
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-20
About Bashabi Fraser
BASHABI FRASER is a critic, poet, editor, children’s writer and translator. She was born in West Bengal in India. Bashabi divides her life between the two countries she loves most – India and Britain. Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University, she is the winner of Rabindra Bharati Society Honour 2014, Women Empowered: Art and Culture Award 2010 and ... Read more
Reviews for Letters to My Mother: And Other Mothers
There is a wonderful conversational ease in the writing, with mother and child sharing their feelings about music, art, love and politics, but the poems are always delicately and lyrically crafted. STEPHEN REGAN, Professor of Poetry at the University of Durham