ABOUT THE BOOK

A meditation on the postcolonial present, No Country by Charlie Samuya Veric reveals an exile who finds himself between the past and the future. Here is a Filipino expatriate who arrives in South Africa more than two decades after the fall of apartheid. With such tenderness and breadth of vision, he describes his days in another country: the visitation of birds, the turning of seasons, and the anxiety of dislocations. So too he explores the disasters of history, providing maps for the potential of emancipated life. Revealing an outsider who becomes a witness, the book is an ode and record of decolonization the way we live it now.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

An associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila, Charlie Samuya Veric is the author of bestselling poetry collections, including Histories, Boyhood, and The Love of a Certain Age.