Look We Have Coming to Dover! by Daljit Nagra
Taking in its sights Matthew Arnold's "land of dreams", the collection explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural Britain with wit, intelligence and no small sense of mischief. Nagra, whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, conjures a jazzed hybrid language to tell stories of aspiration, assimilation, alienation and love. By turns realist and romantic, these charged and challenging poems never shy from confrontation, but remain, always, touched by a humorous zeal and an appetite for living.
"'This is visceral, life-affirming poetry'Guardian"
Daljit Nagra was born and raised in West London, then Sheffield, and currently lives in Willesden where he works in a secondary school. Look We Have Coming to Dover! won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571238583 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571238580 |
| Title | Look We Have Coming to Dover! |
| Author | Daljit Nagra |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2007-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Winner of Felix Dennis Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection 2007, Winner of Costa Poetry Award 2007 |
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