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A Sleepwalk on the Severn
Alice Oswald
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Description for A Sleepwalk on the Severn
paperback. Presents a poem for several voices, set at night on the Severn Estuary. This book features various characters - some living, some dead - who talk towards the moment of moonrise and are changed by it. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 5. Weight in Grams: 64.
'This is not a play. This is a poem in several registers, set at night on the Severn Estuary. Its subject is moonrise, which happens five times in five different forms: new moon, half moon, full moon, no moon and moon reborn. Various characters, some living, some dead, all based on real people from the Severn catchment, talk towards the moment of moonrise and are changed by it. The poem, which was written for the 2009 festival of the Severn, aims to record what happens when the moon moves over us - its effect on water and its effect on ... Read more
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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571247561
SKU
V9780571247561
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-43
About Alice Oswald
Alice Oswald lives in Devon and is married with three children. Dart, her second collection, won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002. Her third collection, Woods etc, was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the T. S. Eliot Prize. A Sleepwalk on the Severn appeared in 2009, as did ... Read more
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