{"product_id":"in-a-language-that-you-know-paperback","title":"In a Language That You Know - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLen Verwey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Africa is a complicated, contradictory, and haunted place. Len Verwey captures the trajectory of life in such a place, dealing with childhood, war, marriage, divorce, and death. He explores the challenges posed by place and history, shared identities, deep embeddedness in the continent, and the legacies of violence and exclusion, as well as beauty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Verwey offers poems that speak of uncertainty, ask questions, and challenge simplistic and scapegoating narratives that become so tempting when living in a society undergoing intense social and economic pressure. Dealing less with factual or political explanations of war and more with the compulsion of war, in particular, \"maleness\" and violence, Verwey pulls the reader into another world, opening eyes to the \"crisis of men,\" the violence against women, children, and the foreign in a country where conflicts are again escalating. \u003ci\u003eIn a Language That You Know\u003c\/i\u003e strives to understand the complexity of one of the most unequal, violent, yet most vibrant societies in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLen Verwey\u003c\/b\u003e is a South African poet. He was born in Mozambique in 1973. His chapbook \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Everything Goes On\u003c\/i\u003e is included in the boxed set \u003ci\u003eSeven New Generation African Poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and his poems have been published in various journals including \u003ci\u003eNew Coin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew Contrast\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761347821856,"sku":"9780803290983","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ff0e029f0bd25d5aa2de14ad65fee74.webp?v=1780205175","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-a-language-that-you-know-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}