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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A powerful poetic journey,
This review is from: Samarkand & Other Markets I Have Known (Paperback)
"Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known" is an 80-page collection of poems by Wole Soyinka. The author bio at the beginning of the book notes that in 1986 the Nigerian-born Soyinka became the first African writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.Overall this book has a global, multicultural and multifaith vision. Soyinka writes about writers and writing itself, personal struggle, economic injustice, etc. His writing has an elegant muscularity; his voice is learned and serious, passionate and politically engaged. I felt that some of the longer poems didn't quite hold up all the way through. But there are some really stunning standouts in the entire collection. "Doctored Vision," about a poet's consultation with an optician, is an amazing narrative poem that is rich in symbolic potential. "Twelve Canticles for the Zealot. . ." is a powerful exploration of religious intolerance and violence. Overall, this is a worthwhile volume by a poet who I see as a kindred spirit to Walt Whitman, Audre Lorde, and Pablo Neruda. If you want to be a real citizen of the world, I recommend you read Soyinka. |
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Samarkand & Other Markets I Have Known by Wole Soyinka (Paperback - March 25, 2003)
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