{"product_id":"9781922146502","title":"Unbelievers, or The Moor","description":"Author: John Mateer\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922146502\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 128\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnMateer's previous poetry book \u003ci\u003eSouthernBarbarians\u003c\/i\u003e traced the influence of the Portuguese empire in the IndianOcean  it was shortlisted for the PM's Award for Poetry and the NSW andVictorian Premiers' Literary Awards. \u003ci\u003eUnbelievers,or The Moor\u003c\/i\u003e takes this exploration one step further, to recover its Arabicand Islamic origins in Al-Andalus, the Moorish state which occupied much ofpresent-day Spain and Portugal from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. Aseat of learning and culture, which combined Muslim, Christian and Jewishinfluences, it provides a model for Mateer's own mixed background as a SouthAfrican Australian, and for his nomadic identity as a poet. The collection ismuch concerned with influential but invisible histories; with the poem as amoment of connection between languages and cultures, so that it seems alreadyto exist in translation; with doubles and hauntings, friends in far places, andabove all, what Mateer calls 'the irony of Elsewhere'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861498613918,"sku":"ADS-9781922146502","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922146502.jpg?v=1779252911","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922146502","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}