The Claims Office - Couverture souple

George, Dai

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781720908 ISBN 13 : 9781781720905

Editeur : Seren, 2013

Synopsis

"A brilliant new voice in British poetry whose debut is rich with Welsh wit, lyricism and spirituality. A little gem, full of promise."
Dan Jones, London Evening Standard

<>The Claims Office is the startlingly good debut poetry collection from Dai George, a young writer originally from Cardiff. His method is mostly straightforward narrative but the textures and imagery are often elaborate and strange. This rich surface is undercut by an interesting attitude: a mix of rebellious energy and unflinching satire. His nature poems are often anti-nature poems, for example the darkly funny Narwhal . There are lively pieces about London and New York: Metroland and New York on a Shoestring ; skewed loves poems: Plans with the Unmet Wife . 'His works about his native Wales alternate between an edgy sarcasm and the elegiac tone of the collection's title poem, placing George very much in the lineage of poets like Duncan Bush, John Ormond, Mike Jenkins, Robert Minhinnick and R.S. Thomas; they display a deep suspicion of authority and a reluctance to conform to nationalist cliché. His spiky and tender character sketch of an old Valleys boxer, points to another influence, Gwyn Thomas. The generous forms and temperament of American poet C.K. Williams is another influence on this promising young author.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dai George was born in Cardiff in 1986 and has studied in Bristol and New York, where he received a Masters in Fine Art from Columbia University's famous writing programme. Now living and teaching in London, but often back in Wales, he has had poems and critical articles published in The Guardian online, The Boston Review, Poetry Wales, New Welsh Review and others. His poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including the Salt Book of Younger Poets and Best British Poetry (2011 and forthcoming in 2013). He is at work on a novel about the Gunpowder Plot, starring the playwright Ben Jonson as a central character.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seren
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781720908
• ISBN 13: 9781781720905
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible