Tied to the Wind by Afric McGlinchey Deborah Landau One can almost smell the

One can almost smell the tobacco and taste the goat pepper soup and the stews – pleasurable moments

A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry

Mayakovsky's Revolver (2012)

are the dominant themes in Sarah Corbett’s fifth collection

in bilingual format

Tied to the Wind by Afric McGlinchey Deborah Landau One can almost smell theTied to the Wind portrays a young girls attempts to tether herself to a life that keeps becoming unfixed, each time her family moves from Ireland to Southern Africa and back again. Her nomadic childhood triggers a sense of destabilisation, exacerbated by alcoholism, racism, war and the conflicts of complicit colonial privilege. Interwoven into the narrative are the puzzle pieces of a fateful decision to undertake a skydive, despite her fear of