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This startling debut from a young British poet traces the paths from past to present, the lost to the living, seeking familiarity in a world of "false trails and disappearing acts." Here, relatives, friends, and other absences are coaxed into life and urgently pressed on the reader as they surface, in the flesh. At the heart of the collection lies the sonnet sequence "Home," a slant look at the lives of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, intersected by more recent, sometimes unsettling, personal portraits. Clear-eyed and sensuous, these are poems linked by a strong sense of place and presence, of history captured in an irrevocable moment.
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These musical, deftly patterned poems are the products of a supple susceptibility and a determined intelligence . . . a convincing and sustained debut.--Adam Foulds
These are incantatory poems that insist on being read aloud.
Lyrical, thematically wide-ranging and Donaghy-like in its formal panache, the poems combine dazzling metaphor and simile with sudden shifts in perspective and detailed, provocative contemplation.--Ben Wilkinson
Elegant, beautifully-turned poems that match an easy technique with a sophisticated intelligence. An auspicious debut.--Nick Laird
An astonishing, pitch-perfect voice. 'Huzzah!' we say, to have these poems in the world and in our ears.--Thomas Lynch
An auspicious debut, full of unforgettable lines and hardwon insights. Adam O'Riordan is the real thing.--Hugo Williams
Adam O'Riordan's poems combine verbal grace with powerful feelings and a keen intelligence that extends from the personal to the political with admirable ease. This is an extremely impressive début.--James Lasdun
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These are incantatory poems that insist on being read aloud.
Lyrical, thematically wide-ranging and Donaghy-like in its formal panache, the poems combine dazzling metaphor and simile with sudden shifts in perspective and detailed, provocative contemplation.--Ben Wilkinson
Elegant, beautifully-turned poems that match an easy technique with a sophisticated intelligence. An auspicious debut.--Nick Laird
An astonishing, pitch-perfect voice. 'Huzzah!' we say, to have these poems in the world and in our ears.--Thomas Lynch
An auspicious debut, full of unforgettable lines and hardwon insights. Adam O'Riordan is the real thing.--Hugo Williams
Adam O'Riordan's poems combine verbal grace with powerful feelings and a keen intelligence that extends from the personal to the political with admirable ease. This is an extremely impressive début.--James Lasdun
Confident, seductive, and thrillingly assured, an enthralling introduction to one of our most exciting new British poets.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0393345726
- ISBN 13 9780393345728
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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