Nineveh by Zohar Atkins (Paperback Book)

Name: Nineveh by Zohar Atkins (Paperback Book)
Brand: Carcanet Press Ltd

Carcanet Press Ltd

Nineveh takes its modernist bearings from Edmond Jab\u00E8s, Paul Celan and Yehudah Amichai; but also, merrily, from John Ashbery and Frank O\u2019Hara. Zohar Atkins\u2019s poems offer humour and hospitality alongside deep learning and enigmatic, mystical theophany. The division between secular and religious is blurred, the two coexist in a generous exchange. The Bible is near at hand but rendered unfamiliar in the combination of anachronism with classical allusion. The poems produce jarring, contemporary Midrashim \u2013 interpretative retellings of canonical tales. Cain and Abel appear as business executives, Ishmael is a Palestinian dying in an Israeli hospital, Rachel and Leah are the projected identities of a demented Jacob, and God is a perfectionist who procrastinates by binge-watching TV. These poems\n\nNineveh\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised;