Countries of the Body

By Tishani Doshi

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About the book

‘There is magic in her poems.’ — U. R. Ananthamurthy. First published in 2006, Tishani Doshi’s debut collection, Countries of the Body, marks the arrival of a major new voice in international poetry. It won the Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection. Each poem in this collection sings of the body with all its contours and contradictions. Republished in this very special edition, the poems will enchant readers old and new with their delicate and haunting quality.

Pages: 96

Available in: Paperback

Language: English

Tishani Doshi

Tishani Doshi is the author of six books of fiction and poetry. Girls are Coming Out of the Woods, shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award, and Small Days and Nights, are her most recent books.

There is magic in her poems. - U. R. ANANTHAMURTHY

A striking, emergent talent who is prepared to take risks in pursuit of sensual, emotionally engaged and passionate poetry. - JOHN BURNSIDE, FORWARD PRIZE JUDGE’S COMMENT

Tishani Doshi’s poems have both heart and intelligence. They are rich in mysterious images, and narratives both explicit and implied. You could read them a hundred times and still find something you hadn’t noticed before. - LOUIS DE BERNIERES

The language of Tishani Doshi’s haunting, assured, delicately crafted poems, which look both east and west, is wonderfully fresh and precise. - RUTH PADEL

[A]n eloquent dissection of the body, its attributes, metaphors, deficiencies and contradictions – all delivered in chromatic, richly textured lines, in which the assured manipulation of rhythm and internal rhyme produces poems of remarkable balance and grace. - THE GUARDIAN