Half-Life - Softcover

Hulse, Michael

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9781908376190: Half-Life

Synopsis

Lucid narratives of family dramas, global warming, and conversations with Death make a riveting new collection from this prize-winning poet. The poems swing between Mexico City, New York, the Peloponnese, a Staffordshire village and home - their engagement with the church, art and natural beauty provide sure-footed travelling companions. In an extended sequence, Death relates stories of her encounters with people and culture. This is not to suggest the poems make for comfortable reading: each poem's subject provides an opportunity to challenge and question its integrity. By turns mischievous and assured, this collection becomes more engrossing the more you read.

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About the Author

Michael Hulse born in England, lived for twenty-five years in Germany before returning in 2002 to teach at the University of Warwick. His poetry has won first prizes in the National Poetry Competition and the Bridport Poetry Prize (twice), and Eric Gregory and Cholmondeley Awards from the Society of Authors. He has edited the literary quarterlies Stand, Leviathan Quarterly and (currently) The Warwick Review. He has translated more than sixty books from the German, among them works by Goethe, Elfriede Jelinek, and W. G. Sebald.

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ISBN 10:  1908376201 ISBN 13:  9781908376206
Publisher: Arc Publications, 2013
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