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Imagining Alexandria
Louis de Bernieres
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Description for Imagining Alexandria
Hardcover. Introduces to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983. This title includes author's own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Num Pages: 112 pages, b&w line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Poetry was Louis de Bernieres' first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli's Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald ... Read more
Poetry was Louis de Bernieres' first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli's Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846557439
SKU
V9781846557439
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-32
About Louis de Bernieres
Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His most recent books are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter and a collection of stories, Notwithstanding. Donald Sammut is a hand surgeon, anatomist and illustrator based in Bath.
Reviews for Imagining Alexandria
Direct, evocative, erotic and tinged with sadness. What more should poetry be?
Telegraph
De Bernieres captures with quiet assurance that Cavafy music of resigned, sensual sadness as lovers depart, gods retreat and dynasties collapse
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
Delightful
Suzi Feay
Independent on Sunday
Love dominates ... ... Read more
Telegraph
De Bernieres captures with quiet assurance that Cavafy music of resigned, sensual sadness as lovers depart, gods retreat and dynasties collapse
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
Delightful
Suzi Feay
Independent on Sunday
Love dominates ... ... Read more