THE HALF-HEALED. (SIGNED)

ROBERTS, Michael Symmons.

ISBN 10: 0224085670 / ISBN 13: 9780224085670

Published by Jonathan Cape,, London,, 2008

About this Item

First Paperback Edition. 8vo. Paperback. Flatsigned by the author on the title page at Grasmere. Praise from Jeanette Winterson, Stephen Knight and Hephzibah Anderson. ISBN: 0224085670 Pages: 112 Fine. Excellent condition.

Seller Inventory # C74627

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HALF-HEALED. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape,, London,
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224085670
• ISBN 13: 9780224085670
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signedes
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

The poems in Michael Symmons Roberts's fifth collection move in a world riven by violence and betrayal, between nations and individuals. As ever, this is a metaphysical poetry rooted in physical detail - but the bodies here are displaced, disguised, in need of rescue. A man in a fox suit prowls the woods afraid of meeting true foxes, while a vixen dressed as a man moves among the powerful at society soirées. God no longer 'walks in his garden in the cool of the day', but drives through a damaged city in the small hours. At the same time a couple celebrate armistice with an act of love in an anonymous hotel room.

As the judges of the Whitbread Prize noted, Roberts' poetry 'inspires profound meditation on the nature of the soul, the body, the stars and the heart - and sparks revelation.' Roberts is a poet of unusual range and dexterity, fascinated by faith and science, by the physical and the transcendental, and with this new book he confirms his position as a truly original, and thrillingly gifted, lyric poet.

About the Author

Michael Symmons Roberts was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1963. He has published six collections of poetry and received a number of accolades including the Forward Prize, the Costa Poetry Award and the Whitbread Poetry Prize. As a librettist, his work has been performed in concert halls and opera houses around the world. An award-winning broadcaster and dramatist, he has published two novels, and is Professor of Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.