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The Crossing Fee
Iain Bamforth
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Description for The Crossing Fee
Paperback. A physician-poet reimagines myth, history and literature as he travels through Asia. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102. 80 pages. A physician-poet reimagines myth, history and literature as he travels through Asia. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 7. Weight: 102.
In The Crossing Fee Iain Bamforth re-stages the odyssey of the legendary German hero who falls into a lake in the Black Forest and emerges in the China Sea. Circulating between Europe, the Philippines and Indonesia (where Bamforth worked for five years as a health consultant), the poems sound the 'plummet and allure' of life on both worlds. Grounded in myth and also in close observation, The Crossing Fee records a momentous exploration of space and history: 'For the tides are always bringing / news of something strange.'
In The Crossing Fee Iain Bamforth re-stages the odyssey of the legendary German hero who falls into a lake in the Black Forest and emerges in the China Sea. Circulating between Europe, the Philippines and Indonesia (where Bamforth worked for five years as a health consultant), the poems sound the 'plummet and allure' of life on both worlds. Grounded in myth and also in close observation, The Crossing Fee records a momentous exploration of space and history: 'For the tides are always bringing / news of something strange.'
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847771438
SKU
V9781847771438
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Ref
99-24
About Iain Bamforth
Iain Bamforth is a former hospital doctor, a general practitioner, a translator, a lecturer in comparative literature, and a public health consultant. He is the author of The Good European.
Reviews for The Crossing Fee
'[Bamforth's] work is rich in perceptual acquaintance,making it not only intelligent but also extremely sensual. To read him makes the patterns of our minds richer...'
David Morley, Guardian 'This collection is a joy to read, full of so much nuance, and persuasive language, a permanent wistfulness that never strays into the twee and the constant sense of travel, of ... Read more
David Morley, Guardian 'This collection is a joy to read, full of so much nuance, and persuasive language, a permanent wistfulness that never strays into the twee and the constant sense of travel, of ... Read more