Pillage
In Pillage Krog develops her familiar themes of family, body and land but this time in the harsh light of pillaging, whether being done by nature, humans, or old age. The poems reveal a painful fragility and yet also finding comfort, a nourishment in remarkable moments of beauty: the delight of an egret in a vlei, watching over a young child who is discovering the world around him, and remembering the raptures of love.  Pillage is translated by poet and translator, Karen Press.  
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Pillage
In Pillage Krog develops her familiar themes of family, body and land but this time in the harsh light of pillaging, whether being done by nature, humans, or old age. The poems reveal a painful fragility and yet also finding comfort, a nourishment in remarkable moments of beauty: the delight of an egret in a vlei, watching over a young child who is discovering the world around him, and remembering the raptures of love.  Pillage is translated by poet and translator, Karen Press.  
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Pillage

by Antjie Krog
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Overview

In Pillage Krog develops her familiar themes of family, body and land but this time in the harsh light of pillaging, whether being done by nature, humans, or old age. The poems reveal a painful fragility and yet also finding comfort, a nourishment in remarkable moments of beauty: the delight of an egret in a vlei, watching over a young child who is discovering the world around him, and remembering the raptures of love.  Pillage is translated by poet and translator, Karen Press.  

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780798183550
Publisher: Human & Rousseau
Publication date: 09/20/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 296 KB

About the Author

Krog is one of SA's foremost poets. She received the Hertzog Prize for Lady Anne (1989) and Mede-wete (2017). Country of My Skull, her account of the TRC, received several awards, e.g. the Hiroshima Foundation’s award for Peace and Culture. She has been Extraordinary Professor of Literature and Philosophy at UWC since 2004.
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