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In this collection of poems, Peter Sacks draws upon his life as an expatriate and upon his early years in South Africa, including his time spent with the military. He lays bare his sense of both personal and historical losses, and his commitment to the works of mourning and cultural repair.

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Acknowledgments The Gate Natal Command The Ridge Night Ferry May Eve The Thorn For Iris Hayter Nuttall Gardens Century Kronos Night Duty Words Judas Peak Truce Across the Field Larkin Drakensberg Kein Ander Only the Swimmer The Reins The Course Eclipse On the Path The Rock The Trench The Swimmer Blue Star Notes

Natal Command Phoenix Poets

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 12/22/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226733425, 978-0226733425
      ISBN10: 0226733424
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this collection of poems, Peter Sacks draws upon his life as an expatriate and upon his early years in South Africa, including his time spent with the military. He lays bare his sense of both personal and historical losses, and his commitment to the works of mourning and cultural repair.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments The Gate Natal Command The Ridge Night Ferry May Eve The Thorn For Iris Hayter Nuttall Gardens Century Kronos Night Duty Words Judas Peak Truce Across the Field Larkin Drakensberg Kein Ander Only the Swimmer The Reins The Course Eclipse On the Path The Rock The Trench The Swimmer Blue Star Notes

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