How else do we return to ourselves but to foldThe page so it points to the good part
In this deeply intimate second poetry collection,Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death,embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory,and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous,Vuong contends with personal loss,the meaning of family,and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid,brave,and propulsive,Vuong's poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicentre of the break.
The author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Night Sky With Exit Wounds,winner of the 2016 Whiting Award,the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize,and a 2019 MacArthur fellow,Vuong writes directly to our humanity without losing sight of the current moment. These poems represent a more innovative and daring experimentation with language and form,illuminating how the themes we perennially live in and question are truly inexhaustible. Bold and prescient,and a testament to tenderness in the face of violence,Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging-forth all at once.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781787333703Number of pages: 112Weight: 125 gDimensions: 198 x 133 x 9 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Ocean Vuong,one of my favourite contemporary poets,expanded his body of work beautifully in Time Is a Mother.'- Observer
'A remarkable return: Vuong's unparalleled luminosity of phrase,his perfected pinpoint accuracy of image is here placed alongside a thrilling expansion of voice and gaze which further confirms Vuong as one of the most important poets of his generation.'- Andrew McMillan,author of Physical
'These 28 accomplished poems explore grief,trauma,family... language itself,in all its power and violence,falls under Vuong's incomparable scrutiny.'- Financial Times
'Tender and heartbreaking... delving back into the visceral themes that made his 2019 novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous a revelation,Vuong traverses the intensely personal and the broadly political with grace and courage.'- TIME
'Vuong's poems passionately and inventively articulate the difficulties of understanding and accepting selfhood alongside the varieties of life beyond it.'- Times Literary Supplement
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