John Murphy's first collection finely balances the lyrical and the metaphysical in poems that are rooted in the extraordinary transformations of ordinary lives. The voice is distinctly urban and European in tone. His themes include the economic crisis, fatherhood, illness, marriage and divorce, chronic pain, and the inevitable flux and uncertainty of the 21st century. An ex-Olympic-style wrestler and current professor of computer science, Murphy could break your arm, but chooses to break your heart, in that near impossible way that only the very best poets can.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Once an Olympic-style wrestler, now a computer science professor, John Murphy brings a wealth of unusual experience to this debut collection. The voice is distinctly urban and European in tone. The themes broached in The Book of Water include the economic crisis, fatherhood, illness, marriage and divorce, along with the inevitable flux and uncertainty of 21st-century life in Ireland. All are approached with a mixture of sensitivity and a dark sense of humour.John Murphy lives and works in Dublin. He received a PhD from Trinity College in 1994, and is now a computer scientist and university tutor. His work has twice been shortlisted for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Prize, as well as for the Bridport and the Patrick Kavanagh Prizes. His poems have been published in magazines like Poetry Ireland Review, Cyphers and Ambit. A founding member of the Beneavin Writers group, he regularly reads at the Whitehouse Poets in Limerick, and at OBheal in Cork. Distinctly urban and European poems rooted in the transformations of ordinary lives. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781908836076
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