Out of Sri Lanka
Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2023 F Starik Representative selection from the work

Representative selection from the work of well-known Greek poet Haris Vlavianos

Published by Carcanet in June 2017

Robert Hass

is there a need for such a book

Out of Sri Lanka<br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2023</b> F Starik Representative selection from the workSri Lanka has thrilled the foreign imagination as a land of infinite possibility. Portuguese, Dutch and British colonisers envisioned an island of gems and pearls, a stopping point on the Silk Road; tourists today are sold a vision of golden beaches and swaying palm trees, delicious food and smiling locals. This favours the south of the island over the north rebuilt piecemeal after the end of the civil war in 2009, and erases a history of war crimes,