On Days Such as This

von Gail Dendy

Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

From the unusual opening poem (conflating birth with a car crash) to its close (an abandoned suitcase representing an entire lifetime), this book weaves its stories backwards and forwards through time and place. There is insight, sensuality, reflection, surprise, and humour as discovered through various personae - be it a tender mother, a heartbroken widow, or a male poet wrestling with writer's block, as well as in objects such as an old chest of drawers, a bronze-age trumpet, or a piece of string. This compelling collection demonstrates technical and linguistic mastery and genuine philosophical depth. In language that is a joy to read, the poems illuminate the capacity for love, loss, hope, and passion which exists in each and every one of us.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik, Poesie Lyrik einzelner Dichter
• ISBN: 9781990922480
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2020
• Größe: 210 x 148 mm
• Verlag: African Books Collective