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THIS SIDE OF SILENCE IBD

ARC PUBLICATIONS
10 / 2023
9781911469452
Inglés

Sinopsis

In this poignant new poetry collection, one of New ZealandâÇÖs most significant voices reflects on home, on away, and on friends living and dead. âÇÖI lead a life of quiet medicationâÇÖ, the poet claims, âÇÖlonging for foreign shores, adventure and death.âÇÖ But whether swimming to the yellow buoy or remembering an encounter in Belsize Park, in the thick of it or asking, âÇÖwhat next?âÇÖ, SteadâÇÖs voice is intimate, amusing and always compelling.âÇÖThis Side of Silence resounds with intimations of mortality, compounded with reactions to a contemporary world of pandemic, climate change and war, but this collection is not in the least morose. Rather, the poetry is enlivening - concrete, particular, detailed and often playful. There is a wealth of sensory content, and each poem has its own satisfying shape, with easy idiomatic speech forming its special kind of rhythm. In this book a major modern poet continues to 'live and sing'.âÇÖ - MacDonald P. JacksonâÇÖStead has his usual quick wit and steely eye for his world and, at 90, has the linguistic dexterity that many thousands of aspiring writers can only dream about.âÇÖ - Chris Reed, NZ Bookloversá

PVP
13,42