Literature and Fiction · Hardback

Bloodbank

Norwegian title: Blodbank

Sarah Zahid

In a metaphorical sense, blood can mean everything from life and passion, to desire, anger and inspiration. But perhaps first and foremost it means family. Family is your own blood. And it follows you, and fills you, your whole life. In the first poem in the collection Bloodbank, the poet's mother dies. In all the subsequent ones, she lives anyway.

Bloodbank is, like the world, both merciless and full of mercy. It is a collection about a skinny and harsh teenager, who is trying to become a big and strong adult. Trying to win the eternal battle with their own blood.