Description |
76 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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583517 11/07/2019 Adult |
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Poems. |
Summary |
Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence. At once a love story, an elegy, and an urgent plea, these poems confronts our time's vicious atrocities and our collective silence in the face of them. |
Contents |
We lived happily during the war -- Dramatis personae -- Act one : The townspeople tell the story of Sonya and Alfonso : Gunshot -- As soldiers march, Alfonso covers the boy's face with a newspaper -- Alfonso, in snow -- Deafness, an insurgency, begins -- Alfonso stands answerable -- That map of bone and opened valves -- The townspeople circle the boy's body -- Of weddings before the war -- Still newlyweds -- Soldiers aim at us -- Checkpoints -- Before the war, we made a child -- As soldiers choke the stairwell -- 4 a.m. bombardment -- Arrival -- Lullaby -- Question -- While the child sleeps, Sonya undresses -- A Cigarette -- A dog sniffs -- What we cannot hear -- Central Square -- A widower -- For his wife -- I, this body -- Her dresses -- Elegy -- Above blue tin roofs, deafness -- A city like a guillotine shivers on its way to the neck -- In the bright sleeve of the sky -- To live -- The townspeople watch them take Alfonso -- Away -- Eulogy -- Question -- Such is the story made of stubbornness and a little air -- Act two : The townspeople tell the story of Momma Galya : Townspeople speak of Galya on her green bicycle -- When Momma Galya first protested -- A bundle of laundry -- What are days -- Galya whispers, as Anushka nuzzles -- Galya's puppeteers -- In Bombardment, Galya -- The little bundles -- Galya's toast -- Theater nights -- And while puppeteers are arrested -- Soldiers don't like looking foolish -- Search patrols -- Lullaby -- Firing squad -- Question -- Yet, I am -- The trial -- Pursued by the men of Vasenka -- Anonymous -- And yet, on some nights -- In a time of peace. |
Awards |
National Book Award: Poetry Finalist, 2019 |
Subject |
Sign language -- Poetry.
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Political violence -- Poetry.
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American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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Deafness. (OCoLC)fst00888573
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Political violence. (OCoLC)fst01069902
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Sign language. (OCoLC)fst01118246
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American poetry.
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Chronological Term |
2000-2099
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Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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ISBN |
1555978312 (paperback) |
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9781555978310 (paperback) |
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1555978800 (ebook) |
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9781555978808 (ebook) |
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