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The Drowned Book

By Sean O'Brien

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The Drowned Book

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Come for a walk down the river road, For though you're all a long time dead The waters part to let us pass The way we'd go on summer nights In the times we were children And thought we were lovers. The Drowned Book is a work of memory, commemoration and loss, dominated by elegies for those the author has loved and admired. Sean O'Brien's exquisite collection is powerfully affecting, sad and often deeply funny; but it is also a dramatically compelling book - disquieting, even - and full of warnings. As the book unfolds, O'Brien's verse occupies an increasingly dark, subterranean territory - where the waters are rising, threatening to overwhelm and ruin the world above. Winner of both the T. S. Eliot and Forward prizes, The Drowned Book is an extraordinary collection from one of the leading poets of our time. 'O'Brien's talent extends far beyond description . . . powerful, resonant and thought-provoking' Guardian 'It's almost as though he's seeing into a kind of pool in which the past is there, held in a sort of suspension . . . exhilarating' Peter Porter
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
114
Release Date:
2015-06-18
Publication Date:
2015-06-18
Publisher:
Picador
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1447294033
ISBN13:
9781447294030
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
132 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
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