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This first collection of poetry from Balwant Bhagwandin unleashes the anguish and the anger, the hunger of one born in the Third World and the happiness that seems to live only in memories, right alongside the nightmares ... the nostalgia for a life and land from which he has chosen exile ... The poet shuns stylistic and structural orthodoxies to present a fluidity in form, material and emotions that changes from poem to poem, not only to voice his bitterness and cynicism but to celebrate humanity and the poetic legacy, not without humor and always 'returning as thanks for the light, resplendence ...' Truly, these are wild flowers in the desolations of life and this collection, a brilliant star in the uncertain, but hope-filled, world of the immigrant in an American inner city, a world of harsh struggles, crippling loneliness, brief joys and undiminishing aspirations for a lighter, brighter tomorrow ... making this book a 'must read', especially for those from the former colonial world, everyone in the 'second diaspora' from the Caribbean and wider afield....

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #3182360 in Books
• Published on: 2001-12-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 276 pages