The Drift - Couverture souple

Jenkins, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0701169214 ISBN 13 : 9780701169213

Editeur : Chatto & Windus, 2000

Synopsis

ALAN JENKINS - POERTY IS EXHILARATING. . . . . IT IS CHARGED WITH EROTIC ENERGY, RAGE, SORROW AND CONFUSION. - DAVID LEHMAN The poeoms in Alan Jenkin's magnificent new collection are closely linked, forming a movingly autobiographical book which deals with the disjunction between the aspirations of youth and the realities of middle-age. The narrator looks back on his twenties, full of the grand ambition to be the next Rimbaud, and wryly contrasts it with his current situation- friends dead, women lost, opportunities missed. Images of drifting, of the random patterns that fate imposes on existence, weave their way through poems full of sea-scapes and sailing boats. Ghosts loom through the mist; objects imbued with memory accumulate like driftwood. But although Alan Jenkins writes about a sense of loss and failure -his rich poetry formally dextrous and inventive, witty and subtle in its allusions - acts as a counterbalance, showing how the twisting of an emotion into shape can salvage feelings of pointlessness. Through his personal experience, he explores themes that will resonate with a broad audience- the difference between men and women.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alan Jenkins is Deputy Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and a prize-winning poet. His 1994 collection, Harm, won the Forward Prize for Best Collection and, in 2000, The Drift was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0701169214
• ISBN 13: 9780701169213
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
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