The Zoo Father

by Pascale Petit, Dragana Nikoli, Milan Dobrii

Shortlisted for the 2001 T.S. Eliot Prize, this unique collection centres on a daughter's fraught relationship with her dying father, a man whose legacy to her was violence and abandonment. Rich in the imagery of the Amazonian jungle (fire ants, shaman masks, hummingbirds, shrunken heads, jaguars) these poems at once ward off and redeem the father through myriad transformations. In contrast, 'The Vineyard' series is inspired by the author's mother...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854113054
• ISBN13: 9781854113054
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Seren Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.6"