The Examined Life - Couverture souple

Harpur, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909747874 ISBN 13 : 9781909747876

Editeur : Two Rivers Press, 2021

Synopsis

James Harpur entered a boys boarding school in the 1970s and survived to tell the tale. Powerful, poignant and humorous, the poems in The Examined Life re-create a vale of soul-making that, with its tragedy and comedy, heroes and villains, is like a microcosm of life itself. A quite marvellous workan Odyssey, a Ulysses shaken up in the snow-dome of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. From the foreword by STEPHEN FRY James Harpur entered a boys boarding school in the 1970s and survived to tell the tale. His sequence of poems is a searingly honest and compelling account of his five-year journey, from leaving home for the first time and sleeping in a dormitory in which enemies appear like shadows, to his sadness at his parents separation and the death of a father figure from a bomb. For as well as Prog Rock, flared trousers and industrial strikes, this was the era of the Troubles. An introvert in an extraverted world, Harpur took refuge in Homer and the magical world of Troy, and found that school could be a haven, and even fun: a sex education lesson that backfired; a rare sighting of girls at a dance; a scary ride on his brothers illegal motorbike; a surreal trip to Covent Garden. Powerful, poignant and humorous, The Examined Life re-creates a vale of soul-making that, with its tragedy and comedy, heroes and villains, is like a microcosm of life itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Harpur has had six poetry collections published by Carcanet and Anvil Press and is a member of Aosdána, the Irish academy of arts. He has won a number of awards for his poetry, including the Vincent Buckley Prize, a Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship, and the UK National Poetry Competition. His books include The White Silhouette (2018) an Irish Times Book of the Year; Angels and Harvesters (2012) a PBS Recommendation and shortlisted for the 2013 Irish Times Award; and The Dark Age (2007), winner of the Michael Hartnett Poetry Prize. James regularly broadcasts his work on radio and gives readings and talks about poetry, inspiration and the imagination in schools and universities and at literary festivals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Two Rivers Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909747874
• ISBN 13: 9781909747876
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
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• Personne responsable: non disponible