Orlam (Hardback) - PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of UNDERWHELEM. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Iraās sanctuary, overseen by Orlam, the all-seeing lambās eyeball who is Ira-Abelās guardian and protector. Here, drawing on the rituals, childrenās songs, chants and superstitions of the rural West Country of England, Ira-Abel creates the twin realm through which she can make sense of an increasingly confusing and frightening world.
Orlam follows Ira and the inhabitants of UNDERWHELEM month by month through the last year of her childhood innocence. The result is a poemsequence of light and shadow ā suffused with hints of violence, sexual confusion and perversion, the oppression of family, but also ecstatic moments in sunlit clearings, song and bawdy humour. The broad theme is ultimately one of love ā carried by Iraās personal Christ, the constantly bleeding soldier-ghost Wyman-Elvis, who bears āThe Wordā: Love Me Tender.
Orlam is not only a remarkable coming-of-age tale, but the first full-length book written in the Dorset dialect for many decades.Ā OrlamĀ comes with a facing-page English translation, so readers can follow the richness and subtlety of the original poem with ease.
Orlam (Hardback) - PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of UNDERWHELEM. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Iraās sanctuary, overseen by Orlam, the all-seeing lambās eyeball who is Ira-Abelās guardian and protector. Here, drawing on the rituals, childrenās songs, chants and superstitions of the rural West Country of England, Ira-Abel creates the twin realm through which she can make sense of an increasingly confusing and frightening world.
Orlam follows Ira and the inhabitants of UNDERWHELEM month by month through the last year of her childhood innocence. The result is a poemsequence of light and shadow ā suffused with hints of violence, sexual confusion and perversion, the oppression of family, but also ecstatic moments in sunlit clearings, song and bawdy humour. The broad theme is ultimately one of love ā carried by Iraās personal Christ, the constantly bleeding soldier-ghost Wyman-Elvis, who bears āThe Wordā: Love Me Tender.
Orlam is not only a remarkable coming-of-age tale, but the first full-length book written in the Dorset dialect for many decades.Ā OrlamĀ comes with a facing-page English translation, so readers can follow the richness and subtlety of the original poem with ease.
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PJ Harvey
Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of UNDERWHELEM. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Iraās sanctuary, overseen by Orlam, the all-seeing lambās eyeball who is Ira-Abelās guardian and protector. Here, drawing on the rituals, childrenās songs, chants and superstitions of the rural West Country of England, Ira-Abel creates the twin realm through which she can make sense of an increasingly confusing and frightening world.
Orlam follows Ira and the inhabitants of UNDERWHELEM month by month through the last year of her childhood innocence. The result is a poemsequence of light and shadow ā suffused with hints of violence, sexual confusion and perversion, the oppression of family, but also ecstatic moments in sunlit clearings, song and bawdy humour. The broad theme is ultimately one of love ā carried by Iraās personal Christ, the constantly bleeding soldier-ghost Wyman-Elvis, who bears āThe Wordā: Love Me Tender.
Orlam is not only a remarkable coming-of-age tale, but the first full-length book written in the Dorset dialect for many decades.Ā OrlamĀ comes with a facing-page English translation, so readers can follow the richness and subtlety of the original poem with ease.
