Wherever We Step The Land Is Mined
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A haunting meditation on survival, conflict, and the fragile relationship between humanity and the land it inhabits, Wherever We Step the Land is Mined by Natalie Scott is a collection of poetry that cuts to the bone of post-colonial African experience. Through stark, visceral imagery — evoking barren landscapes, hidden dangers, and the resilience of creatures that endure — Scott chronicles lives lived under constant threat, where the very earth beneath one's feet carries the weight of war and dispossession. Scott's verse is lean and precise, wielding minimalist language as both weapon and balm, drawing comparisons to other Southern African poets who have grappled with the intersection of nature, violence, and identity. The collection's sustained tension — between beauty and devastation, stillness and peril — leaves the reader perpetually off-balance, asking not just where it is safe to step, but whether safety, in such a world, was ever more than an illusion.
Author: Natalie Scott
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A haunting meditation on survival, conflict, and the fragile relationship between humanity and the land it inhabits, Wherever We Step the Land is Mined by Natalie Scott is a collection of poetry that cuts to the bone of post-colonial African experience. Through stark, visceral imagery — evoking barren landscapes, hidden dangers, and the resilience of creatures that endure — Scott chronicles lives lived under constant threat, where the very earth beneath one's feet carries the weight of war and dispossession. Scott's verse is lean and precise, wielding minimalist language as both weapon and balm, drawing comparisons to other Southern African poets who have grappled with the intersection of nature, violence, and identity. The collection's sustained tension — between beauty and devastation, stillness and peril — leaves the reader perpetually off-balance, asking not just where it is safe to step, but whether safety, in such a world, was ever more than an illusion.