This Intimate War Gallipoli/Canakkale 1915

Robyn Rowland’s powerful poems record the experiences of soldiers, nurses and doctors, women munitions workers, wives, mothers, composers, painters and poets during the Gallipolli War,1915. It began with the Battle of Çanakkale and the defeat of the British navy. The land battle was hand-to-hand killing, the physical closeness of its soldiers unmasking the depersonalization of the propaganda of war. Importantly, the book finishes with a poem on women’s friendship 100 years after the war, and the healing nature of love.

Poeziile puternice ale lui Robyn Rowland consemneaza experientele soldatilor, asistentelor medicale si ale medicilor, femeilor muncitoare, sotii, mame, compozitori, pictori si poeti in timpul razboiului Gallipolli, 1915. A inceput cu batalia de la Çanakkale si infrangerea marinei britanice.