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Nil Nil
Don Paterson
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Description for Nil Nil
paperback. Dream-life and class politics, mystery and music, sex and drink, all play an essential part in this collection of poetry. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
Nil Nil, Don Paterson's first volume of poetry, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1993 and heralded the arrival of a major new talent. The book presented a new and urgent poetry of dream-life, mystery and music, sexual obsession and the consolations of drink - all delivered with great formal skill and imaginative daring.
'One of the finest first books of poems I've read for ages.' Paul Muldoon
'If you are wondering whether great poems are still being written, you ought to read Don Paterson's.' Charles Simic
'One of the most ferociously talented of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571168088
SKU
V9780571168088
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Ref
99-85
About Don Paterson
Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland. His first collection of poetry, Nil Nil (1993) won the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection. His following collection, God's Gift to Women (1997) won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Don Paterson's poetry collection, Landing Light, won the 2001 Whitbread Poetry Award, and also received the ... Read more
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