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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
African poetry book
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| Summary |
"A collection of serial poems, Think of Lampedusa addresses the 2013 shipwreck that killed 366 Africans attempting to migrate secretly to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. The crossing from North Africa to this island and other Mediterranean way stations has become the most dangerous migrant route in the world. Interested in what is producing such epic displacement, Josue Guebo's poems combineelements of history and mythology. Guebo considers the Mediterranean not only as a literal space but also as a space of expectation, anxiety, hope, and anguish for migrants. Hemeditates onthe long history of narratives and bodies trafficked across the Mediterranean Sea. What did it--and what does it--connect and separate? Whose sea is it? Ultimately he is searchingfor what motivates a person to become part of what he calls a "seasonal suicide epidemic." This translation of Guebo's Songe à Lampedusa, winner of the Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry, is a searing work from a major African poet."-- Provided by publisher. |
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"This collection of serial poems addresses the 2013 shipwreck that killed 366 Africans attempting to migrate secretly to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction by John Keene; Translator's Note; Think of Lampedusa; Notes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French poetry.
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French poetry. |
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African poetry.
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African poetry. |
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Ivoirian poetry (French)
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Ivoirian poetry (French) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fredson, Todd, translator.
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Keene, John, 1965- writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Songe à Lampedusa. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017033165
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Guébo, Josué, 1972- Think of Lampedusa. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017] 9781496200426 (DLC) 2017010481 |
| ISBN |
9781496204714 (electronic book) |
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1496204719 (electronic book) |
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9781496204721 |
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1496204727 |
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9781496204738 |
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1496204735 |
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9781496200426 (paperback) |
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