Tale of the Mayor's Son

Maxwell, Glyn

ISBN 10: 1852240989 / ISBN 13: 9781852240981

Edité par Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle, 1990

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Fine first printing in original wrappers. Minute bump to the top edge of the rear panel which is almost imperceptible.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tale of the Mayor's Son
• Éditeur: Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1852240989
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781852240981
• Reliure: Original Wraps
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Glyn Maxwell's eagerly awaited first book will confirm his reputation as one of British poetry's most exciting new talents, a highly imaginative writer who already has a readership in America as well as at home. Home is an English New Town, a Garden City, the strangest of ordinary places, providing a backdrop for much of Maxwell's work as well as the images that govern it. Love, now simple, now sexual, now bright and naive, now dark and obsessive; the comedy, hypocrisy, and horror of Authority; the absurdities of television, stardom, and advertising: the heroism of the decent and the wisdom of the undecided: these are his themes – and above all the fragility and sting of life, the pain of time passing. Poetry Book Society Choice.

À propos de l?auteur

Glyn Maxwell was born in 1962 in Welwyn Garden City, where he grew up. He studied English at Oxford and poetry at Boston University. His debut collection Tale of the Mayor’s Son (Bloodaxe Books, 1990) was a Poetry Book Society Choice. His second, Out of the Rain (Bloodaxe Books, 1992) won him the Somerset Maugham Award. His third collection, Rest for the Wicked (Bloodaxe Books, 1995), like his second, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award and was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. The Boys at Twilight: Poems 1990-1995 (Bloodaxe Books, 2000) is a selection from his first three poetry collections from Bloodaxe. He has since published several collections with Faber and Picador as well as writing for the theatre, opera and radio. His most recent titles include Pluto (Picador, 2013), One Thousands Nights and Counting: Selected Poems (Picador, 2011) and On Poetry (Oberon Masters, 2012).