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English + Apocalypso Flipbook
Jeet Thayil
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The events of September 11, 2001 are prominently included in many English-language poems set in New York City. The narrator finds himself "on Sixth, observing devastation, with a handful of rain and a prophecy" in the fictitious prologue poem "About the Author"; he is a citizen of no country other than the republic that gives the book its name, the Republic of English. English is more than just a language here. It is the world's river. Through the prism of his extraordinary lyric mind, Thayil's poems reflect his colourful, distinctive, and far-flung life experiences. The outcome is a fantastical reality that will always trouble me. First, Thayil's English infuses certain emergent local conversation with a transcendent grasp of several literary and colloquial speech registers,
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| Author | Jeet Thayil |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Language | English |
| Binding Type | Hardcover |
| Fiction | Poetry & Drama |
| ISBN13 | 9780670097531 |
| SKU | BK 0140591 |
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