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The Lakes of Mars
Chris Orsman
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Description for The Lakes of Mars
Paperback. The Lakes of Mars is a stunning new collection of poems by Chris Orsman that follow on from his most recent book, South: An Antarctic Journey, a sequence about Captain Scott's final expedition to Antarctica. These new poems are a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landscape and object. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JM; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 1. Weight in Grams: 85.
The Lakes of Mars is a stunning new collection of poems by Chris Orsman that follow on from his most recent book, South: An Antarctic Journey, a sequence about Captain Scott's final expedition to Antarctica. These new poems are a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landscape and object. Chris Orsman captures 'the plainness of life' with a visual clarity, but always pushes his descriptions further, broadening the poems 'into intellectual and moral meaning'. He is also particularly good at vividly recreating historical moments, while evoking the gifts and loss of the past. The first part of ... Read more
The Lakes of Mars is a stunning new collection of poems by Chris Orsman that follow on from his most recent book, South: An Antarctic Journey, a sequence about Captain Scott's final expedition to Antarctica. These new poems are a characteristic mix of thoughtful reflection and precise imagery of landscape and object. Chris Orsman captures 'the plainness of life' with a visual clarity, but always pushes his descriptions further, broadening the poems 'into intellectual and moral meaning'. He is also particularly good at vividly recreating historical moments, while evoking the gifts and loss of the past. The first part of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869404086
SKU
V9781869404086
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About Chris Orsman
Chris Orsman's first collection of poetry, Ornamental Gorse (1994), won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. His second book, South: An Antarctic Journey (1996), was shortlisted for the Montana Awards and an expanded edition printed in the UK by Faber in 1999 sold several thousand copies. Chris Orsman ... Read more
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