Amnion

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‘Amnion’ is a contemporary lyric epic, journeying from the Philippines to Libya, through France, Spain, and the UK. This debut collection of poems questions keenly and urgently the roots of migration and colonialism, charting what it means to grow up in a family divided by geography, history and language. Managing the consequences of empire, familial discord, personal mythologies and contemporary issues of class and race, these narratives of history, both personal and public, are disseminated through Stephanie’s patient and ever-expanding rhetoric.

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‘A brilliant and beautiful book which wrestles with the scope and ache of lineage, the origin and myth and making of ourselves’ – Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions’Unlike almost anything I’ve read – so alive it seems to squirm to the touch’ – Will Harris, author of RENDANG, winner of the Forward Prize for Best First CollectionWhat does it mean to be a person of multitudinous countries and heritages? Amnion excavates migratory histories, colonialism and class, moving from England to France, the United States, Spain, Germany, Libya and the Philippines. In this chronicle of a family’s history divided by geography and language, Stephanie Sy-Quia explores the reverberations that the actions of one generation can have on the next, through acts of bravery and resistance, great and small.Simultaneously mapping and undoing ideas of the self, everything here is contested. Undefinable in form, combining aspects of fiction, epic poetry and the lyric essay, and merging classical thought and contemporary life to show the joy in living and art, Amnion’s broad intellect and undulating emotional landscape is a testament to the families we are given and those that we choose.A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION ‘Kaleidoscopic… A powerful, hybrid song charged with ferocity and fragility’ – the Guardian

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Weight 170 g
Dimensions 19.9 × 13.2 × 1 cm
Author

Publisher

Granta Poetry

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

128

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

821.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K