The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur

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A revised hardcover edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur, author the #1 New York Times bestseller milk and honey. Her long-awaited second collection of poetry is a vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honouring one’s roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself.

Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.

this is the recipe of life
said my mother
as she held me in her arms as i wept
think of those flowers you plant
in the garden each year
they will teach you
that people too
must wilt
fall
root
rise
in order to bloom

Review

“Rupi Kaur’s The Sun and Her Flowers is everything her fans have been waiting for. . . . [She’s] perhaps the best-known poet in the English-speaking world at this point.” , Bustle

“Rupi Kaur is kicking down the doors of publishing.” , The New York Times (Style)

“The poet who touched a nerve.” , The Times (London)

“Her work is human experience, tidily aestheticized and monetized, rendered inspirational and relatable in perfect balance.” , The Cut

“At once simple, current and hard-hitting.” , The Guardian (London)

“One of the most popular writers in the world, full stop.” , The Globe and Mail

“The line drawings that accompany her poems are raw, evocative and utterly striking.” , Toronto Star

“Rupi Kaur reinvents poetry.” , The Economist

“Rupi Kaur sits atop a new wave in poetry.” , The Wall Street Journal

“At age 24, Rupi Kaur has been called the voice of her generation (move over, Lena Dunham).” , USA Today

About the Author

rupi kaur is a poet. artist. and performer. as a 21-year-old university student rupi wrote. illustrated. and self-published her first poetry collection milk and honey. next came its artistic sibling the sun and her flowers. these collections have sold over 8 million copies and have been translated into over 40 languages. home body is her third collection of poetry. rupi's work touches on love. loss. trauma. healing. femininity. and migration. she feels most at home when creating art or performing her poetry onstage.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Rupi Kaur
Vydavatel	Simon & Schuster 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB, United Kingdom info@simonandschuster.co.uk https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/ +44 20 7317 3000
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	pevná
Počet stran	256
Formát	14 × 19,9 cm
EAN	9781471177910
Rok vydání	2018
Edice	Poezie