'Wildly imaginative ... There is a spectacular wizardry to her words' Observer 'Quick before
the story ebbs away. There are things I need to tell you' A work of great strength and
equal delicacy Mouth transports us to a world where violence hangs in the air where beauty
pity and cruelty intertwine. The sequence at its heart Palace takes the overlooked women
from the edges of Greek tragedy and places them centre stage to tell unforgettable stories of
survival and loss. With new depth and force their voices set off echoes with women navigating
the terrible reality and aftermath of war today. As a human rights lawyer Arshi saw power and
its abuses the structures of silencing set against refugees. As a poet she charts the
movements and migrations that change the course of our lives - from child to adult from home
to elsewhere from grief to what lies beyond. Mouth is a complex and original study of
speaking's limitations chasms in communication but also the unexpected power of silence: '
sometimes language picks us clean '. 'Beautiful generous and empathetic ... A poet at the
height of her powers' Bidisha author of Asylum and Exile ' Delicately lethal sharp-eyed and
tender' Preti Taneja author of We That Are Young
