Kaminsky, Ilya
Deaf Republic: Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9781555978310
- author:
- Kaminsky, Ilya
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Graywolf Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 80
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 17.8 centimetres (0.18 kg
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Deaf Republic Poems by Ilya Kaminsky is a powerful and poignant collection that confronts the atrocities of our time through the story of an occupied country. When soldiers break up a protest, killing a deaf boy named Petya, the gunshot silences the citizens, who all go deaf in response. The townspeople respond with coordinated sign language, leading to a complex web of private lives and public violence. The poem collection explores themes of love, loss, and resistance through the characters of Alfonso and Sonya, Momma Galya, and her girls, who teach signing by day and night, luring soldiers to their deaths. This is an urgent plea that confronts our collective silence in the face of violence. A finalist for several major awards, Deaf Republic Poems is a long-awaited work that asks us to consider what silence means in the face of injustice.
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