Velkom to Inklandt

Poems in my grandmother's Inklisch

Velkom to Inklandt
Sophie Herxheimer
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Hardback
h262 x 176mm - 80pg
7 Oct 2021 UK
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9781780725345
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The Sunday Times Poetry Book of the Year 2017Velkom to Inklandt is a collection of poems in which Sophie Herxheimer brings to life the voice of her German Jewish Grent Muzzer Liesel, whose somewhat abrasive but eminently humane perspektiff she' s been unable to forget. Liesel came to live in Britain in 1938, with her young family. Her husband was one of many scientists saved by the speedily set up Council for Academic Refugees. Playing on the difficulties of the English lenkvitch and vokebulerry, the poems tell of an immigrant' s attempts to fit in and make her home in a new country at war with her own. This fascinating sequence addresses alienation, survival, friendship, marriage, motherhood and loss against a backdrop of a London which has almost disappeared but at the same time remains straynchly familiar.
Sophie Herxheimer is an award-winning writer, artist and poet who teaches and collaborates extensively. She has held residencies for LIFT, Southbank Centre and Transport for London and her recent publications include The Listening Forest, The New Concrete and Voyage. She lives in Brixton with her family.
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ISBN-13: 9781780725345
Published: 7 Oct 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Short Books
Publisher: Short Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 262mm
Width: 176mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 80

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