Sprinting from the Graveyard by Goran Simic
The poems in this collection were written during the siege of Sarajevo. Goran Simi 'c, a Bosnian Serb, together with his Muslim wife and their two small children, lived in an apartment in the old quarter of the city and were trapped there throughout the three-year terror. The poems speak with an unique and terrible directness of the experience of war, and, in particular, of the besieging of a civilian population. This book is intended for poetry readers; those concerned with history and struggles of former Yugoslavia, and Sarajevo, during siege years.
Goran Simic: Goran Simic was born in Bosnia in 1952 and has been living in Toronto since 1996. He has published eleven books of poetry, drama, and short fiction, including the acclaimed volume of poems in English translation, Sprinting from the Graveyard (Oxford University Press, 1997). In Canada, Simic has published Peace and War, a limited edition volume gathering poems by himself and by Fraser Sutherland; other books of his poetry and drama have been translated into nine languages. His poems are included in anthologies of world poetry, such as Scanning the Century (Penguin, 2002) and Banned Poetry (Index, 1997). He has received major literary awards from PEN USA and four times in former Yugoslavia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192880239 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192880233 |
| Title | Sprinting from the Graveyard |
| Author | Goran Simic |
| Series | Oxford Poets S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1997-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 58 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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