An origami crane in remembrance of Hiroshima. A father's faded old photograph of his 1970s pre-marital sports car. Youths congregated at a bus stop. The sounds of an empty house after the children have flown the nest. Common phrases spoken by US tourists. Gangs fighting to the death. Radioactive clouds raining down over Europe. A collection of Princess Diana memorabilia. Teaching English in Siberia. These are just a handful of the themes touched upon in Michael Oliver-Semenov's deeply personal and introspective first poetry collection.

Praise for Sunbathing in Siberia:'[his] seemingly ceaseless ability for honest and frank proseis one of the book's real strengths... Insightful and hilarious,the memoir prompts the reader to re-evaluate theirapproach to the East' (New Welsh Review) Sunbathing in Siberia ISBN 978-1908946744

About the Author
Cardiff-born Michael Oliver-Semenov served as the first poet in residence for Blown, the magazine of cultural intelligence, and has since published in The Stockholm Review, The Morning Star, Orbis, Mandala Review, Ink Sweat and Tears and 10 of the Best. In 2011 Michael emigrated to Siberia to live with his wife Anastasia, writing about the experience in his memoir Sunbathing in Siberia (Parthian, 2014). When he is not growing vegetables at the family dacha or avoiding the wild Siberian hounds, Michael is also a freelance English teacher and occasionally contributes to The Siberian Times.

Reviews
'Self-deprecating and wise,' these poems 'are full, not only with laughter at the follies of everyday life, but with sadness too at its poignancy. They work to deflate pomposity where they find it, and celebrate a bleakly beautiful urban world.' Zoe Brigley



Book Information
ISBN 9781909844605
Author Michael Oliver-Semenov
Format Paperback
Page Count 100
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books