Towards the end
Subtitle: new poems
By: Ali Alizadeh
Series: Giramondo poets
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Company
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Artarmon, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781925818222
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Politics and culture; Poetry; Iranians; Modern Poetry
Description: Towards the End presents the contemporary world as broken and dying, a world that is moving irreversibly towards collapse as well as rebirth. The collection begins with the speaker's disillusion with the ideals of capitalism, and the ironic realisation that happiness and prosperity may no longer be attainable. The middle section of the collection reflects, with dark humour and a controlled anger, on the dysfunction of our socio-political systems and the signs of their disintegration. The final poems in the book imagine a universal humanity beyond the failures of the contemporary world, and prophesy global resistance, rejuvenation and revolution. The collection may be described as a fusion of social satire, gothic dystopia and historical materialism, interwoven with autobiographical reflection.