| A Saving Bannister Contributor(s): Woodward, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1920590803 ISBN-13: 9781920590802 Publisher: African Books Collective OUR PRICE: $16.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | African - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.16 lbs) 60 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Across the abyss a bannister goes, a raining on a ledge over sullen darkness, leading its intermediaries to stairs up and down, rooms that begin and do not end, halls of light ( but rarely glory), alcoves peopled by rain spiders and slow breathing.' So begins Wendy Woodward's third volume of poetry, a journey into vulnerability and grace, across terrains inhabited by dogs, minotaurs and leviathans, by puppets and a failed Icarus. Stories are teased from the ears of donkeys and the pit-pits of an oyster catcher, from a cupboard in the Amatholas to a monastery in Sikkim - all held behind the saving bannister of her poetry. |