At Rest in the Cherry Orchard Format:Paperback

At Rest in the Cherry Orchard Format:PaperbackIraqi Said Jensen, living in Norway, is forever haunted by the ghost of his father, killed by the Iraqi regime before he was born, and nightmarish visions. On being called to Baghdad where a mass grave, possibly holding his fathers remains, will be opened, he thinks about the peaceful cherry orchard his neighbour Jakob was laid to rest in. Through the story of Iraqi Said Jensen, who is granted asylum in Norway and builds his life there but is forever

These are lines and stanzas and poems that signal wisdom beyond his youth

000 men have gathered to determine the fate of nations and to pursue their own ideals and enmities through brutal and bloody combat

Emily Ford

heart pounding and brain whirring

She imagines them as accomplices to an unknown crime

this is a young man’s book whose acerbic comedy of status

In this groundbreaking book

There is a powerful depth to place here

She is co-editor of The Echoing Years: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry and Translation from Canada and Ireland (2007)

journeys of the mind

Through his intelligent

The Mourning Vessels (2008) and Precious Cargo (2010) – are all set in Wales