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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate poignant and lyrical poetry that explores themes of identity, family, and the immigrant experience. The author crafts powerful imagery and profound emotions, offering a unique and moving perspective on the complexities of life and love. It's a compelling read for those interested in the intersection of personal and cultural narratives within the realm of Arts & Culture.
A book of poetry steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language. It is about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention.
Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize
Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection
A Guardian / Daily Telegraph Book of the Year
PBS Summer Recommendation
'Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move- he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition.' New Yorker
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the extraordinary debut from young Vietnamese American poet, Ocean Vuong. Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize and the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, this book of poetry is unlike any other.
Steeped in themes of war and cultural upheaval, and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects—love and loss, conflict, grief, memory, and desire. He attends to these themes with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, and passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention:
"...the chief of police/facedown in a pool of Coca-Cola./A palm-sized photo of his father soaking/beside his left ear."
This is an unusual, important book—both gentle and visceral, vulnerable and assured. Its blend of humanity and power marks it as one of the best first collections of poetry to emerge from America in years.
"Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move—he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition." —New Yorker
"These are poems of exquisite beauty, unashamed of romance, and undaunted by looking directly into the horrors of war, the silences of history. One of the most important debut collections for a generation." —Andrew McMillan
A Guardian / Daily Telegraph Book of the Year and a PBS Summer Recommendation.
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Ocean Vuong's Night Sky with Exit Wounds is highly praised for its piercing clarity and emotional depth, with reviewers highlighting its rich, meditative style reminiscent of Rainer Maria Rilke. Many remark on its potent exploration of themes like violence, fragility, and identity, combining delicate lyricism with raw, intimate storytelling. The collection is celebrated as both a game-changing debut and a testament to Vuong's unique voice in modern poetry.
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ISBN: 9781911214519
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 April 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 114g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Ocean Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds and the New York Times bestselling novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. A recipient of the 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the winner of the Whiting Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize. His writings have been featured in Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, Nation, New Republic, New Yorker, and the New York Times. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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