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The Black River
C.K. Stead
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Paperback. The black river of mortality is a constant presence in this latest collection by critically acclaimed poet C. K. Stead. Written within the last 18 months, these poignant poems vividly explore the poet s feeling of frailty following a stroke, which temporarily impaired his ability to read or write, and the subsequent excitement of recovery." Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 180 x 8. Weight in Grams: 400.
The Black River collects C K Stead's most recent poems, written over the last eighteen months. The brilliant and moving focus of the collection is its final sequence, written after Stead suffered a stroke which temporarily affected his ability to read and write. Here fragmentary poems poignantly explore frailty and the closeness of death, the challenge of words and language, and the relieved and excited recovery of the power to use them. The remainder of the collection, written subsequently, is more sombre in tone than earlier work and shows a constant awareness of the 'black river' of mortality; but this ... Read more
The Black River collects C K Stead's most recent poems, written over the last eighteen months. The brilliant and moving focus of the collection is its final sequence, written after Stead suffered a stroke which temporarily affected his ability to read and write. Here fragmentary poems poignantly explore frailty and the closeness of death, the challenge of words and language, and the relieved and excited recovery of the power to use them. The remainder of the collection, written subsequently, is more sombre in tone than earlier work and shows a constant awareness of the 'black river' of mortality; but this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Auckland University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
ISBN
9781869403850
SKU
V9781869403850
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Ref
99-3
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