Night Sky with Exit Wounds hos fremmede i Oslos forstæder

hos fremmede i Oslos forstæder

deres horn der lægger sig tæt

og Lothar gifter sig

hvor alt er forbundet og i bevægelse

a magpie chattering

Night Sky with Exit Wounds hos fremmede i Oslos forstæderAn extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire and attends to them all with lines that feel newly minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention: the chief of police