| Afghanistan Confessions Contributor(s): Enns, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1926710320 ISBN-13: 9781926710327 Publisher: Radiant Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | American - General - History | Military - Afghan War (2001-) |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 4.51" W x 6.53" (0.40 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Victor Enns is not a soldier, yet he has been speaking with Canadian soldiers since 2007 through these poems, and directly in interviews with Canadian soldiers back from Afghanistan (from 2008 - 2009). Enns traveled to Kabul in May 2008 to get a sense of the landscape, the people and the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. Victor Enns has written a collection of voice poems that are relentless and genuine in telling soldiers stories. The title may imply that all soldiers have something to confess, yet few of us will ever have to shoulder the burden of taking another human life, or seeing the death and destruction common to all wars. Afghanistan Confessions is one of the first authentic literary accounts of this devastating war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Enns, Victor: - Victor Enns was born in Winnipeg in 1955, raised in Gretna, Manitoba, and graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1979 with a History/English major. An advanced creative writing workshop with Robert Kroetsch led to the publication of my first collection, Jimmy Bang Poems (Turnstone 1979). He is the author of four poetry collections including "Boy" which was published in 2012 by Hagios Press. Afghanistan Confessions was written after Enns visited Kabul in May 2008, and subsequent interviews with Canadian veterans back in Winnipeg. Enns lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. |