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Synopsis
Lisa Samuels' Throe, by contrast, is a pamphlet which is humorous, delightfully silly, and subverts our expectations of language and narrative. It seems to rely mainly on cutup and collage, and, although there is an awful lot of this around at the moment, Samuels does it well and in a voice that is instantly recognizable. This is one to read when you want to shake off the blues. Even the title of the first poem was enough to cheer me up: 'This bus kneels on request'. Although the narrating 'I' is not a consistent one, there is a consistency of tone: a wondering that the world can be as it is, that relationships can be what they are, and an ironic, self-effacing mockery: 'Everyone is breathing at the same time it's exhausting. The wind too heaves and pelts. Nagging, telling us off with salt, the buildings lean dunce-wise under titled clouds the harbour baulked for asks' (from 'Exchange your ideas for happiness').
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- PublisherOystercatcher
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1905885148
- ISBN 13 9781905885145
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages30
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