Taking Mesopotamia was originally inspired by Jenny Lewis’s search for her lost father – the young South Wales Borderer who fought in the ill-fated Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. Through reconstructed diary extracts, witness statements, formal poems and free verse, the book extends into a wider exploration of the recent Iraq wars. It also includes translations of a number of the poems into Arabic, and photographs taken by Lewis’s father on campaign in 1916. Woven throughout the book is a strand inspired by The Epic of Gilgamesh, whose themes of hubris, abuse of power and fear of death show us how little the world has changed in four thousand years.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 104 ● ISBN 9781906188191 ● File size 3.5 MB ● Publisher Oxford Poets ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2915165 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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