The Water Table - Winner of the T S Eliot Prize 2009 - Softcover

Philip Gross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852248521 ISBN 13: 9781852248529

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2009

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Review:

Philip Gross knows how to make silence and suggestion resonate...he touches an alien, intractable dimension ...Gross's poems are about lost bearings and blurred frontiers. --Terry Eagleton, Independent on Sunday

Haunting, vividly imagined poems, whose fierce intelligence is gentled by the sonorous grace of the language...A considerable poetic talent offers us an elegant and subtle re-evaluation of the modern world. --Sarah Crown, Guardian

Some of the poems are marvellous, not because they are brave about their subject, not even because of the technique on display, but because they are electrifyingly well observed and beautifully written. --David Morley, Poetry Review

About the Author:

Philip Gross is Professor of Creative Writing at Glamorgan University. He has published six books with Bloodaxe, including The Water Table (2009), The Egg of Zero (2006), Mappa Mundi (2003) and Changes of Address: Poems 1980-1998 (2001), his selection from earlier books including The Ice Factory, Cat's Whisker, The Son of the Duke of Nowhere, I.D. and The Wasting Game. He is also the author of ten highly-praised novels for young people. Born in Cornwall, he lived in Bristol and Bath for many years, and now lives in Penarth in South Wales.

• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1852248521
• ISBN 13: 9781852248529
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64