The palace of forty pillars : poems / Armen Davoudian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davoudian, Armen, author.

Standardized Title:

The palace of forty pillars (Compilation)

Language:

English

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

71 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Other Title:

Palace of 40 pillars

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2024.

Summary:

"Wry, tender, and innovative, Armen Davoudian's debut poetry collection, The Palace of Forty Pillars, tells the story of a self estranged from the world around him as a gay adolescent, an Armenian in Iran, and an immigrant in America. It is a story darkened by the long shadow of global tragedies-the Armenian genocide, war in the Middle East, the specter of homophobia. With masterful attention to rhyme and meter, these poems also carefully witness the most intimate encounters: the awkward distance between mother and son getting ready in the morning, the delicate balance of power between lovers, a tense exchange with the morality police in Iran. In Isfahan, Iran, the eponymous palace has only twenty pillars-but, reflected in its courtyard pool, they become forty. This is the gamble of Davoudian's magical, ruminative poems: to recreate, in art's reflection, a home for the speaker, who is unable to return to it in life"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781959030362

1959030361

OCLC:

1385289046