{"product_id":"a-dinner-party-in-the-home-counties-paperback","title":"A Dinner Party in the Home Counties - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReshma Ruia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis poetry collection explores the diasporic experience of leading a translated life, yearning to belong to a past that one no longer owns and a future that is murky and unclear. There is a sense of melancholic nostalgia in these poems but also a fierce kind of determination to embark on a new beginning and make the best of one's circumstances. The poems are particularly relevant to our times when there is a growing sense of parochialism and hostility towards 'the outsider.' They will resonate with all those who have portable roots and are at home everywhere and nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems also portray the emotive minefield of relationships, questioning the ambiguity behind maternal or filial love. Society conditions us to love our parent or child or partner but my poems challenge this by describing the tug of war between a woman's sense of self and the roles she is expected to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is an undercurrent of mortality running through some of the poems. A sense of an ending and a reflection on what the passage of time can do to one's dreams and aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComments by the judges of the Word Masala Debut Poet Award: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a fierce energy in Reshma Ruia's poetry. Her incantatory and conversational tone belies her social and human concerns. Her rhythmic control is amazing, sustained in her assertive voice and language. This debut collection everyone should read--the sooner the better. Captivating!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Dabydeen\u003c\/strong\u003e, a former \u003cstrong\u003ePoet Laureate\u003c\/strong\u003e of Ottawa (1984-87)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReshma Ruia creates poignant vignettes of common folk dealing with the mundane business of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParmila Vankateswaran, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea former \u003cem\u003epoet laureate\u003c\/em\u003e of Suffolk County, Long Island (2013-15)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will be pleased with discovering award-winning poet Reshma Ruia. Her voice is intimate and confident. Her poetry shines bright. Reshma lures the reader into her world through a vivid imagination. From the empty bed of an accountant to the code of 1947, Reshma's skill is in how she paints pictures with words, which become whole landscapes and scenes in one's imagination. I feel I am reading someone whom everyone will be reading in future. Read her now! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLemn Sissay MBE \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731387085107,"sku":"9780956084064","price":31.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LLZpEnnMkt9780956084064.webp?v=1763855813","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-dinner-party-in-the-home-counties-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}