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Description for Body Beautiful
paperback. Chronicles the poet's experience of being diagnosed with prostrate cancer, of undergoing surgery and then of entering recovery. This collection of poems summarises how many people feel towards a disease which is regarded with dread. It contains material, which is unsettling yet informative and thought provoking. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 5. Weight in Grams: 77.
The subject matter of this book could hardly be more sobering - it chronicles the poet's experience of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, of undergoing surgery and then of entering recovery. The book's title, although taken from one of the few poems in the collection which are not about cancer, nonetheless summarises how many people will feel towards a disease which is regarded with dread. As might be expected, much if the material is unsettling, poignant and chilling, and yet the poet's characteristic humour - very black on occasions - is displayed frequently. The poems are, with very few exceptions, ... Read more
The subject matter of this book could hardly be more sobering - it chronicles the poet's experience of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, of undergoing surgery and then of entering recovery. The book's title, although taken from one of the few poems in the collection which are not about cancer, nonetheless summarises how many people will feel towards a disease which is regarded with dread. As might be expected, much if the material is unsettling, poignant and chilling, and yet the poet's characteristic humour - very black on occasions - is displayed frequently. The poems are, with very few exceptions, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781902638614
SKU
V9781902638614
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-17
About Ifor Thomas
Ifor Thomas is a founding member of three performance-based writing groups and has performed at festivals throughout the UK. He has received the John Tripp Award for spoken poetry and was a prize-winner in the Cardiff International poetry competition. He is the author of the poetry collection "Unsafe Sex."
Reviews for Body Beautiful
"In Ifor Thomas we have a real 21st Century voice; a voice that can make itself heard above the roar of traffic and the noise of kids as they come out of school. Ifor's is the kind of poetic voice we need in these loud times. Listen to it. Listen to it now."