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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 841.914 EAN: 9781597660099 ISBN: 1597660094 Label: Eastern Washington University Press Manufacturer: Eastern Washington University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 194 Publication Date: September 30, 2006 Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press Studio: Eastern Washington University Press Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Book Description: This dual-language collection of poems by a leading African writer is illustrated with her evocative paintings. First published in 1984 by Hatier, Latérite [Red Earth],Veronique Tadjo's first book of poems, won the Prix Litteraire de L'Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique. The title comes from the red mineral composition of many West African roads and is suggestive of change, the uncertain future, and the continuing displacement of peoples and cultures. She refers to it as a "collection of poems," but it reads like a long recitative, the pieces recapitulating each other in a language often striking in its color and elemental boldness. Red Earth is an important book from one of the Third World's strongest and clearest voices. 
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