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A Bird´s Idea of Flight
David Harsent
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Description for A Bird´s Idea of Flight
Paperback. Describes a circular journey in a sequence of 25 poems. In this title, twelve poems chart the outward journey, the thirteenth is pivotal, and twelve poems bring the traveler back. It is an adventure of discovery and disillusionment, during which the figure of death, as companion, mentor and guide, appears along the way, and in various guises. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 105.
A Bird's Idea of Flight describes a circular journey in a sequence of 25 poems. Twelve poems chart the outward journey, the thirteenth is pivotal, and twelve poems bring the traveler back. The subject of his quest is thanatology; in particular, he is deeply curious about the business of his own death. It is an adventure of discovery and disillusionment, during which the figure of death, as companion, mentor and guide, appears along the way, and in various guises.
A Bird's Idea of Flight describes a circular journey in a sequence of 25 poems. Twelve poems chart the outward journey, the thirteenth is pivotal, and twelve poems bring the traveler back. The subject of his quest is thanatology; in particular, he is deeply curious about the business of his own death. It is an adventure of discovery and disillusionment, during which the figure of death, as companion, mentor and guide, appears along the way, and in various guises.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571330072
SKU
V9780571330072
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Ref
99-65
About David Harsent
David Harsent has published eleven collections of poetry. Night (2011) was a Poetry Book Society Choice, was shortlisted for the Costa, Forward and T. S. Eliot poetry prizes and won the Griffin International Poetry Prize. The most recent, Fire Songs, was published in 2014 and won the T. S. Eliot Prize.
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