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God's Gift to Women
Don Paterson
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Description for God's Gift to Women
Paperback. A second collection of poetry from the author of the 1994 winner of the Forward Prize for Nil Nil. One of the new poems in this book, A Private Bottling, won the Observer Arvon National Poetry Competition. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
After the huge success of Nil Nil (a Poetry Book Society Choice and winner of the Forward Prize best first collection), Don Paterson's second collection was impatiently awaited. His readers were not disappointed. In God's Gift to Women, straight autobiography mixes with invention, exaggeration, technical dazzle and sheer cheek to produce a book quite unlike any other.
After the huge success of Nil Nil (a Poetry Book Society Choice and winner of the Forward Prize best first collection), Don Paterson's second collection was impatiently awaited. His readers were not disappointed. In God's Gift to Women, straight autobiography mixes with invention, exaggeration, technical dazzle and sheer cheek to produce a book quite unlike any other.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
106g
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571177622
SKU
V9780571177622
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About Don Paterson
Don Paterson was born in Dundee in 1963. His poetry collections include Nil Nil, God's Gift to Women, Landing Light, Rain and 40 Sonnets. He has published two books of aphorism, The Book of Shadows and The Blind Eye, as well as translations of Antonio Machado and Rainer Maria Rilke. He is also the author of Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets, Smith: ... Read more
Reviews for God's Gift to Women
'A terrific, intelligent, lyrical, delicate, lovely piece of work.' A. L. Kennedy 'It is the very height of his standards that set him apart. He remains one of the best young poets around.' John Redmond; 'Lyrical yet austere, straight-talking but at ease with eloquence... some of the most outstanding poems published this year.' Helen Dunmore