is a beautifully integrated book about disintegration. Physical and psychic traumas are presented with a surreal playfulness reminiscent of eastern European poets such as Vasco Popa and Charles Simic. Alvi's insights, psychological and political, are conveyed through vivid metaphor. Repressed memory, for example, is a "sleeping wound" that "lies on its crimson pillow,/red against red", or is coaxed out of hiding by a healer, also a "lion-tamer", and dances on stage. The writing is both startling and delicate.from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: Europa and the Bull by Moniza Alvi
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