In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner was at the head of a convoy of 3,500 soldiers as they entered the Iraqi desert. Ten years later, he lies awake beside his sleeping wife, hallucinating: he is a drone aircraft. He hovers over a landscape in which the terrains of every conflict, of Bosnia and Vietnam, Ir[...]
In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert. Now he lies awake each night beside his sleeping wife, imagining himself as a drone aircraft, hovering over the terrains of Bosnia and Vietnam, Iraq and Northern Ireland, the killing [...]
In the aftermath of best-selling "Here, Bullet," Brian Turner deftly illuminates existence as both easily extinguishable and ultimately enduring. These prophetic, osmotic poems wage a daily battle for normalcy, seeking structure in the quotidian while grappling with the absence of forgetting.[...]
I sin debutbok "Kulan som kommer" gav Brian Turner en upprörande, insiktsfull och vacker skildring av krigets verklighet. Då befann sig poesin mitt i kriget. Nu är Turner tillbaka med "I skuggornas ständiga larm", som tar sig an krigets traumatiska efterspel, de minnen och känslor som vägrar a[...]
Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically? Should religious beliefs be viewed as a flight from reason or as capable of rational support? Can theologians learn from philosophers? Can philosophers learn from theologians? Is it possible to be both a good Christian and a good think[...]
Kulan som kommer är ett måste för alla som bryr sig om krig, oavsett politisk inställning. Dikterna skildrar livet i krigets vardag, där det blir ögonblickligt och ömtåligt men samtidigt bestående.[...]