The Cows of Shambat: Sudanese Poems

✍ Scribed by TabanlLo Liyong

• Book ID: 104512695
• Publisher: Zimbabwe Publishing House
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 7 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781779010407

✦ Synopsis

In The Cows of Shambat, Liyong sets out to 'create new prisms for viewing human folly'. He creates a very cynical view of the world; cynical not in a hopeless way. The world can be revised but only when people begin to see their folly. Liyong’s style is simple and conversational with long, loosely contrived lines. The reader gets the impression that he is being spoken to by a gentle being who has been there and back. There is no struggling for meaning. He shows us that emotion and outrage are not always the most effective ways of making a mark. His poetry soothes and gradually awakens the reader into greater heights of consciousness. It leaves an indelible mark on the psyche and therein lies the beauty of his gentle approach.