Quick Question

John Ashbery

ISBN 10: 1847772285 / ISBN 13: 9781847772282

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, 2013

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR014975931

Synopsis:

In Quick Question John Ashbery extends an invitation to readers to accompany him into the extraordinary worlds of the everyday, experienced through the box of tricks that is language. He revels in twist and transformation, the constant mutability of words and Whatever stops playing is the enemy of the incomplete'. He can stop us in our tracks with the accuracy of his Somewhere in America someone is trying to figure out / how to pay for this'. Aware of the paradoxes of his own writing, he teases us with Is it all doggerel and folderol?' Would I lie to you?' Either way, his invitation is come in, see what happens.

From the Back Cover:

For over 50 years John Ashbery has been one of America's most innovative and influential poets. Like Yeats and Milosz, Ashbery is that rare poet whose work continues to improve as he ages. Now at 85, he writes with the boldness and vision of a poet half his age. Honed by experience and inexhaustibly creative, these never before published poems certify that Ashbery's artistic flame has continued to burn late into his life.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Quick Question
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair