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28%OFFHugo Williams - I Knew the Bride - 9780571308897 - V9780571308897
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I Knew the Bride

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Description for I Knew the Bride Paperback. A volume that bears - and lays bare - those qualities that have become so characteristic of the author's work: his unflinching survey of his childhood and adult life alike, alighting on moments of vivacity from his upbringing in a theatrical family in the 1940s and 50 through to the romantic peaks and pains of his adult years. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.

Hugo Williams is rightly cherished for his inimitable fusion of autobiography and irony, and a technical glide that allows his writing to 'slip back to the past as effortlessly as a dreamer' (The Times).

I Knew the Bride is Williams' eleventh collection of poems, and his first since West End Final was shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot and Forward prizes for poetry in 2009. This new volume bears - and lays bare - those qualities that have become so characteristic of his work: his unflinching survey of his childhood and adult life alike, alighting on moments ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571308897
SKU
V9780571308897
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About Hugo Williams
Hugo Williams was born in 1942 and grew up in Sussex. He worked on the London Magazine from 1961 to 1970, since when he has earned his living as a journalist and travel writer. Billy's Rain won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 1999. His Collected Poems was published by Faber in 2002 and his last collection, Dear Room, was ... Read more

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