Re - by Afshan D'Souza-Lodhi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>re: desire draws upon literary traditions and cultural references to flip the male gaze common in mushairas on its head. Common themes for mushairas are love, God and being drunk or intoxicated by love and God - but is usually seen from a male perspective. The pieces in re: desire are mainly told from a female perspective<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Afshan D'souza-Lodhi's debut poetry collection [re: <em>desi</em>re] explores the yearning to love, be loved and belong from a <em>desi</em> (South Asian) perspective. Her work sits on the intersections of flash fiction, poetry and script, echoing the hybridity of the worlds that many young British <em>desis</em> find themselves occupying. Drawing on the poetry of many different languages and cultures - Urdu, English, Konkani, Islamic and Christian - this collection explores how we access our traditions from a distance.</p><p>[re: <em>desi</em>re] draws upon literary traditions and cultural references to flip the male gaze common in <em>mushairas</em> on its head. Common themes for <em>mushairas</em> are love, God and being drunk or intoxicated by love and God - but is usually seen from a male perspective. The pieces in re: desire are mainly told from a female perspective, and question the gender given to particular acts, objects and ideas.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p> </p><p><em>'This is an evocative collection of painful and beautiful multilingual poems in which silences are broken, sexuality is uncertain, and love is a bloody mess.</em>'</p><p>Dean Atta</p><p> </p><p><em>'Afshan is without a doubt the poets voice I have been waiting for, her poems take you on a journey questioning all those places we have been and are going to; her work is witty, beautiful and poignant showing us language has no boundaries</em>.'</p><p>Shobna Gulati</p><br>
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