Yiewsley
Nagra, Daljit2026
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A spirited and stirring return to the poet's boyhood and the town that made him. This autobiographical collection explores Daljit Nagra's experiences growing up in the white, working-class suburban town of Yiewsley close to Heathrow airport in Outer London, from the 1960s to 80s. As Britain transitions from a post-war manufacturing economy to the Thatcher period and the computer age, we see a young boy navigating childhood friendships and mishaps. The poems bring to life a bustling house filled with relatives from India who arrived, legally or otherwise, in the UK: 'devout realists - already, and always, knuckled into work'. They also offer powerful insight into the makings of the writer: the 'messy English' at home fusing with Bollywood ballads, Top of the Pops and hymns at school, to develop a voice entirely his own.
Main title:
Yiewsley / Daljit Nagra.
Author:
Nagra, Daljit, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2026.
Collation:
96 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780571396559 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
821.92821.92 NAGR
Language:
English
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BRN:
9098038
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