Isbn: 9780947451158 - in the provinces (1 risultati)

200 x 135 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 68. Very good condition. 'In the Provinces is Robert Greig's second collection, appearing fifteen years after his award-winning debut volume. He writes in his introductory essay: "Many of the poems in this book grew out of two experiences: living in a small Settler village in the Eastern Cape - Salem - and inevitably, coming to terms with questions of time and ageing." But the scope of the poems is broader than that. In a voice alternately ironic, poignant and curious, Greig lays bare the quietly savage discontents and isolation of South African provincial life.'.…