String

Matthew Thorburn (Author), Ava Leavell Haymon (Series edited by)

9780807179048

Paperback / softback, published 1 March 2023

84 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.5 cm, 0.272 kg

A book-length sequence of poems, Matthew Thorburn's String tells the story of a teenage boy's experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he knew, but survives to tell his story. Written in the boy's fractured, echoing voice-in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation - String embodies his trauma and confusion in a poetic sequence that is part lullaby, part nightmare, but always a music that is uniquely his.