Two Tongues by Claudine Toutoungi 9781800170001

Two Tongues

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Claudine Toutoungi's 'Two Tongues', winner of the 2021 Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for...
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Claudine Toutoungi's 'Two Tongues', winner of the 2021 Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections, is a captivating exploration of the peculiarities and paradoxes of modern existence. This remarkable anthology weaves together a tapestry of wit, grit, and unbridled imagination, crafting poems that revel in the surreal and the startling.

Toutoungi's verses populate a curious landscape where the ordinary collides with the extraordinary: levitating snailfish share space with melancholic seabirds, whilst sotto voce therapists lurk amidst collapsing stage sets. In this realm of blurred boundaries and fluid identities, languages intermingle and vision becomes delightfully partial.

The collection delves into the chaos of contemporary life, where misdirected medical reminders, abandoned correspondence, and linguistic mash-ups abound. As urban and natural worlds collide, the poems navigate spatial, verbal, and psychological confusion with exuberant abandon. Picture a gallery overrun by mushrooms, a scientist nurturing a fox cub, and a wild swimmer confronting sharks - all vividly brought to life through Toutoungi's masterful wordplay.

These questing, querulous verses effortlessly transition from searing to soulful, from droll to defiant. They confess and cajole, ponder and occasionally pout, perpetually wrestling with our fractured world. 'Two Tongues' is a testament to the power of poetry to illuminate the slip-ups, skirmishes, and sidelong glances that characterise our complex, often confounding, modern existence.

Product Information:

Book ISBN: 9781800170001
Book Author: Claudine Toutoungi
Book Format: Paperback / softback
Book Imprint: Carcanet Press Ltd
Book Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Book Dimensions: 135 x 215 x 10 cm
Book Publication Date: 2020-10-29
Book Pagination: 72 pages
Book Weight: 106g

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Sherlock & Pages is a little bookshop with a big heart. We are based in Frome, Somerset, England and curate lists of books in the areas we are passionate about – landscape, nature, history, and heritage. In short, the conservation of all we’ve inherited and all we are responsible to pass on. We aim to inspire and be inspired, to form a literary culture of care and passion about this precious planet we call home.

This is a shop where you might find something you haven’t seen before, and we like to think we’ve got something for everyone. We choose each of our books with care and for a reason. This is because our physical store is small but beautifully formed, holding only around 1200 titles at any one time. We try and recreate the feel of the shop wherever we are online, to reflect our niche categories and personality.

We have an active social media presence and aim to share our story with all our friends. The long-term goal is to build a hub for the books and writers we believe in. Who knows where our adventure will lead but by supporting Sherlock & Pages you’re helping us to add a further layer of magic to our little corner of the world. If you haven’t visited our physical store, one day you might just make a literary pilgrimage down to Somerset.

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