{"product_id":"the-new-carthaginians","title":"THE NEW CARTHAGINIANS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e92pp., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e Reprint,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ePenguin, London, (2025) 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781802067071\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConcerned throughout with flight and falling, the sample and the loop, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Carthaginians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a poetry collection of staggering originality in which the familiar Western canons of art, history and philosophy are prised apart and reassembled in a new configuration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edizzying experience ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003elike Dante entering hell through a rip in the universe, Makoha enters history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, accompanied not by Virgil but by a Black Icarus with a microchip for a mouth, and the shade of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat\" Philip Terry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I found \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea wealth of history, culture, thinking and art \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein this book ... there is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehumour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esensuality \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein these poems too, as well as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eromance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, real or sometimes imaginary ... Makoha switches with ease between the lyrical, factual and conversational; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehis language is absolutely stunning ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am grateful to a poet with such \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003erange and ambition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewho refuses to settle for anything less than a whole, interrelated picture\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaria Jastrzebska, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWriter's Mosaic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Makoha \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a Ugandan poet and playwright based in London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis poems have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWasafiri,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His debut collection, \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Gravity, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2017.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is the founder of Obsidian Foundation, winner of the 2021 Ivan Juritz Prize and the Poetry London Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Makoha (N.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42285208797230,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/Newcarthaginians.webp?v=1776788957","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/the-new-carthaginians","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}