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This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet’s homeland. These personal poems enter their stories through a variety of characters and places, from dock builders to dogs, from shorelines to volcanoes, to “mouths soft and humming like beehives.” Other sections of the collection examine a post-Troubles’ experience in Northern Ireland (evoking the lived-experience of growing up with bombs and domineering Catholicism), tell grandfather stories, and show a lasting love for the people, the language, and the land. Separation Anxiety ultimately conveys a message of hope, reminding us that “we’ll be remembered for / ourselves, and not the spaces we / leave behind.”

Book details

Book category Books in German Belletristik Lyrik, Dramatik

• Full title: Separation Anxiety
• Author: Gavin Bradley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• EAN: 9781772126013
• ISBN: 1772126012
• ID: 36627368
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Weight: 78 g
• Dimensions: 134 × 323 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. March 2022

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