Beginnings & Other Tragedies by Ilaria Boffa PAPERBACK 9781915606358

Valley Press

Beginnings & Other Tragedies is a powerful book-length poem, offering a choral experience of a present-future where almost all hope seems lost \u2013 except for that offered by poetry itself, and the \""beginners\"" who care about our planet and dream of making a change. In the background, the landscape of Venice, the sinking city.\nDrawing on nature poetry, dystopian fiction and Greek tragedy, Ilaria Boffa reimagines scientific and ecological language as sites of beauty, with the power to change reality; seen here as something malleable and unstable, to be made and remade. Published in a bilingual English/Italian edition, with both texts written by the original poet, readers are offered a rare opportunity to compare the two languages at their absolute best.\nThrough confronting the most painful,\n\nBeginnings & Other Tragedies\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 p;