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The narrative of Edgar and his family begins to fragment through the book as the horror of war deepens - a marine loses a leg and a plane 'breaks its nose onPoor visibility in summer'. Yelich, highlighting the confusion of war, leaves a reader guessing as to Edgar's eventual fate.
Chilling, funny, deeply sad and immensely thought-provoking, Get Some is the work of a writer pushing the capacities of language to express the potential of violence to erupt in everyday life.
Shortlisted for Montana New Zealand Book ... more Notes:IMPORT
The Poems are: In The Garden, Rodnie And Her Bicycles, Instructions for how to get ahead of yourself while the light still shines, Poem, Paul And His Ancestors, In Love, The Man Dean Went To Photograph, Weighing Up The Heart, Make Sure, The Baters, Cast In Order Of Appearance, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Annunciation, Wedding Song, Estonian Songs, Please Pay Attention, Then Murray Came, Being A Poet, Jack's Shirt, Villanelle, ... more Notes:IMPORT