This international anthology, published to raise funds for Bosnia, was assembled in response to Bosnian suffering. "It is a remarkable book: nothing quite like it has appeared in recent times. It is raw, open and direct...A fist raised against unreason". -- The Independent. "Spare, compelling testament to the cruelty and indifference, tenderness and grief, that haunt the newscasts". -- Booklist. Leading writers from Britain, Ireland, Europe, North America, and Bosnia contributed poems for this collection published to raise ...
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This international anthology, published to raise funds for Bosnia, was assembled in response to Bosnian suffering. "It is a remarkable book: nothing quite like it has appeared in recent times. It is raw, open and direct...A fist raised against unreason". -- The Independent. "Spare, compelling testament to the cruelty and indifference, tenderness and grief, that haunt the newscasts". -- Booklist. Leading writers from Britain, Ireland, Europe, North America, and Bosnia contributed poems for this collection published to raise funds for Feed the Children and other organizations seeking to alleviate the suffering. Joseph Brodsky, John Mathias, Ted Hughes, Czeslaw Milosz, Andrew Motion, Ken Smith, R.S. Thomas, Glyn Maxwell, and Ruth Padel are just a few of the poets who contributed.
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Very Good. First edition, paperback orginal. Illustrated. Perfectbound illustrated wrappers. Covers with light creasing and edgewear, very good. An international poetry anthology about the war in Bosnia with contributions by Abdulah Sidran, Marko Vešovi? , Christopher Middleton, Miljenko Jergovi? , Josip Osti, Medbh McGuckian, Tony Curtis, Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, Chris Agee, Helen Dunmore, Ted Hughes, Gillian Clarke, Ruth Padel and many more.
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Fine. First edition, paperback orginal. Octavo. Perfectbound. Fine. An international poetry anthology about the war in Bosnia Signed by 14 contributors: Ken Smith, David Constantine, Ted Burford, John Murphy, Sally Carr, Matthew Sweeney, Ruth Padel, John Hartley Williams, Brian Patten, Tom Reynolds, David Wheatley, Jennie Fontana, and two we could not identify.
