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Down to My Last Skin Poems

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ISBN-10: 0958419558

ISBN-13: 9780958419550

Edition: 2000

Authors: Antjie Krog

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This is the first collection of Antjie Krog's poetry to appear in English, and it cements her reputation as one of South Africa's greatest poets. Down to My Last Skin is her poetic exploration of her different identities, the layers that make the human condition so intricate, fragile and yet resilient. The collection is divided into seven clear sections which explore layers in Krog's life, and those in every individual. Down to My Last Skin was the inaugural winner of the FNB Vita Poetry Award in 2000. From Down to My Last Skin, p80 (n) neither family nor friends says Lady Anne tonight everything speaks through the dead towards me your brittle bundle of bones my longestloved beloved lies…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Antjie Krog is a poet, writer, journalist, and professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She has published twelve volumes of poetry and three non-fiction books: Country of My Skull, A Change of Tongue, and Begging to be Black.