Look We Have Coming to Dover!

Nagra, Daljit

ISBN 10: 0571231225 / ISBN 13: 9780571231225

Published by Faber & Faber, 2007

Explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural Britain. The author, 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, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92. Good copy signed by the author. 2007. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # KEX0303733

Synopsis:

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, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations. 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.

About the Author: Daljit Nagra was born into a working-class, Sikh family in London. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University of London, Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature, Lead Advisor to Poetry By Heart and presents the weekly Poetry Extra on Radio 4 Extra. Nagra's collections have won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem and Best First Book, the South Bank Show Decibel Award and the Cholmondeley Award. He lives with his family in Harrow.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Look We Have Coming to Dover!
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)