AustLit

'Virgilio Goncalves has worked out, finally, why he has a nomadic bent. It’s because a lot of the time he’s seeking the tribe that truly typifies him. Is he South African, Australian or Portuguese? Place has loomed like a restless shadow in his life. But, which of the three countries, to which he has ties, is the one most a part of him? This collection looks at poems written in, or about, the three lands which tug at his heartstrings for captaincy status in his multicultural life. He also comes to the realisation that, despite this agitation about Place, he considers himself fortunate.' (Publication summary)