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Undying
Michel Faber
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Description for Undying
Paperback. 'Michel Faber addressed these love poems to his wife after her death. They are lucid, tender and wise, and they pulse with this fine writer's intelligence' - Ian McEwan Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 141.
How can you say goodbye to the love of your life? In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a six-year battle with cancer. Bright, tragic and candid, these poems are an exceptional chronicle of what it means to find the love of your life. And what it is like to have to say goodbye. All I can do, in what remains of my brief time, is mention, to whoever cares to listen, that a woman once existed, who was kind and beautiful and brave, and ... Read more
How can you say goodbye to the love of your life? In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a six-year battle with cancer. Bright, tragic and candid, these poems are an exceptional chronicle of what it means to find the love of your life. And what it is like to have to say goodbye. All I can do, in what remains of my brief time, is mention, to whoever cares to listen, that a woman once existed, who was kind and beautiful and brave, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
140g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782118565
SKU
V9781782118565
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Michel Faber
Michel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, and most recently The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2015. Born in Holland, ... Read more
Reviews for Undying
Beautiful and deeply moving . . . a story of courage and the persistence of hope even in the darkest times
Allan Massie
Scotsman
The darkest elegies can soar to the stars, transforming grief into luminous beauty . . . tender, devastating . . . This is the most moving book I've read ... Read more
Allan Massie
Scotsman
The darkest elegies can soar to the stars, transforming grief into luminous beauty . . . tender, devastating . . . This is the most moving book I've read ... Read more