Sentenced to Life: Poems 2011-2014 - Couverture rigide

James, Clive

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1631491725 ISBN 13 : 9781631491726

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2016

Synopsis

In this new collection of "technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems" (Spectator)--including "Japanese Maple," which was published in The New Yorker to great acclaim--Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which--for all their grappling with death and his current illness--are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here.

Again and again, James reminds us that he is not only a poet of effortless wit and lyric accomplishment but also an immensely wise one, who delights in using poetic form to bring a razor-sharp focus to his thought. Miraculously, these poems see James writing with his insight and energy not only undiminished but positively charged by his situation. The poems of Sentenced to Life represents a career high point from one of the greatest literary intellects of our age.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Clive James (1939--2019), author of the best-selling Cultural Amnesia and Poetry Notebook, was an Officer of the Order of Australia and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His writing appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1631491725
• ISBN 13: 9781631491726
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 74
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible