Terror (Faber Poetry) - Softcover

Martinez De Las Rivas, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571296823 ISBN 13: 9780571296828

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2014

Synopsis

In Terror, Toby Martinez de las Rivas leads us on a high-wire act of verbal dexterity and inventive syntax in pursuit of a new kind of communication. Set against landscapes fallen just short of paradise, but which retain the possibility of redemption, these poems work intimately with the reader, interrogating us and encouraging us never to settle for inadequate answers. Formally adventurous and wide-ranging, Terror examines ideas of conflict, betrayal, sexual and divine love, history and hope, and holds each up to the light of our own fate and frailty, in search of a language which might console us, a language with which we might commune in our most private and fearful moments.

Terror is a thrilling and powerful debut.

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Review:

'Terror's ambitious reach leads the reader into all manner of interesting territory . . . this is certainly exciting work.' Author: Sean O'Brien Source: Guardian

A lucid and spontaenous lyricism . . . how unlike most of his contemporaries Martinez de las Rivas seems to be . . . Terror is a bracing performance. Author: Matthew Sperling Source: New Statesman

[An] exacting, electric first collection. Author: Dai George Source: Boston Review

In Terror, the performed intimacy of prayer and penitence do democratic work, not least in their availability to readers who would not ordinarily swear by such practices but who find them, on occasion, needful. Source: PN Review

Book Description:

Toby Martinez de las Rivas's Terror is a thrilling and powerful debut from an urgent new voice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571296823
• ISBN 13: 9780571296828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80