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14%OFFIan McDonald - From Silence to Silence - 9781900715379 - V9781900715379
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From Silence to Silence

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Description for From Silence to Silence Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.

From the vantage point of later middle life, Ian McDonald's collection looks into the heart of time passing: the coming death of ageing parents, the old men, the 'archive' of a disappearing Guyana who die one by one, the sight of 'my own lines of age' and the loss of pleasure in the glittering carnival of the senses.

There are rich blessings of the arrival of a new child coming unexpected at this stage of life; and the consolations from books and in the power of art to preserve - at least for a time. But the very ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781900715379
SKU
V9781900715379
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-42

About Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald was born in Trinidad in 1933. He read History and Cambridge and was a gifted tennis player and captained both the Cambridge and the West Indies Davis cup team. He first went to Guyana in 1955 and spent his working life there, as CEO of Bookers. He is the author of four poetry collections, and editor of two ... Read more

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