Out of Sri Lanka
Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2023 Jericho Brown Readers will find themselves beckoned

Readers will find themselves beckoned to barns

to delve deeper - whether you're on your own or with friends

Daljit Nagra has written a book that is as powerfully thought-provoking as it is delightful

One such translator is Donald Rayfield

Out of Sri Lanka<br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2023</b> Jericho Brown Readers will find themselves beckonedSri Lanka has thrilled the foreign imagination as a land of infinite possibility. Portuguese, Dutch and British colonisers envisioned an island of gems and pearls, a stopping point on the Silk Road; tourists today are sold a vision of golden beaches and swaying palm trees, delicious food and smiling locals. This favours the south of the island over the north rebuilt piecemeal after the end of the civil war in 2009, and erases a history of war crimes,