About this title: Jackie Kay's Life Mask is about love, loss, secrets and mistaken identity. These searching poems reveal the many ways people hide from each other and from themselves. They show how appearances are deceptive, and how many faces we make up in one face. Unpeeling the mask, she confronts her own past and her fears: meeting her father for the first time in Nigeria and ending a long-term relationship. Masks are about masquerade, camouflage, trickery, hypocrisy and stealth. They connect with running away, with how we conceal our feelings and hide from the truth. Jackie Kay's Life Mask poems ...
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Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781852246914ISBN:185224691X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BLOODAXE BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781852246914ISBN:185224691X
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: BLOODAXE BOOKS LTD
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781852246914ISBN:185224691X
Description: Ex-Library Published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd in 2005. Paperback. Number of pages: 64. Ex. Library copy-usual stamps and marks. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. #8438172 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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