21st century
A01=James Lasdun
anthology
arts
Author_James Lasdun
besieged
book club
book gifts
book lover
book lover gifts
book lovers
book lovers gifts
booker prize
Category=DCF
collection
death
dogs
economics
english literature
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_poetry
fairy tales
forward prize
ghosts
gifts for book lovers
gifts for readers
gifts for readers book lovers
grief
historical romance
letters
library
literary
literary criticism
literary gifts
literature
literature book
mental health
nature
nerd gifts
paranormal
photography
poem
poems
poetry
poetry books
relationships
shakespeare
spirituality
sunday
world war 1
writing
Product details
- ISBN 9780224041447
- Weight: 83g
- Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 1995
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Concerned with transformations and dislocations - both physical and emotional - the poems in James Lasdun's second collection speak exquisitely of desire and loss.
Jetlagged, estranged, out of synch or out of kilter, the figures in these poems sometimes just miss each other, sometimes connect explosively. And under their feet - whether it's a Roman pavement, a hill-path in Mexico, a Surrey lawn or a New York street - there is always something primitive, turbulent, ready to reveal itself. Intellectually rigorous, musical and deftly formal these apparently classical poems blend a dark, erotic animus with an exhilarating wit.
James Lasdun was born in London and lives in Brooklyn. His novels, memoir, poetry and short-story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Guardian, London Review of Books and New Yorker, among others.
