My Dark Horses by Jodie Hollander #Translation winner of the Whitbread/Costa prize

winner of the Whitbread/Costa prize

like the hotel manager

love of homeland

hope and belief

Yang Lian’s most personal work to date

My Dark Horses by Jodie Hollander #Translation winner of the Whitbread/Costa prizeSet against the charms and vicissitudes of growing up in a family of musicians, Jodie Hollanders beautifully structured and compelling debut follows the story of a daughters maturing relationship with her mother. Interspersed with versions of Rimbaud, and always alert to the surreal comedy of the human condition, these powerful and immediate poems chart with huge passion, musicality and insight a complex journey towards familial understanding and