Europa

By Moniza Alvi

Many of the poems in Moniza Alvi's Europa relate to ancient and modern traumas, including enforced exile, alienation, rape and 'honour killing'. Its centre-piece is a re-imagining of the story of the rape of Europa by Jupiter as a bull. Her latest collection also includes a series of poems exploring post-traumatic stress disorder, and further versions of the French poet Jules Supervielle with their Second World War background. Europa is a dark, unified book whose poems move towards regeneration. It was published at the same time as Moniza Alvi's Split World: Poems 1990-2005.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852248033
• ISBN13: 9781852248031
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"