The World's Two Smallest Humans [Signed]

Julia Copus

ISBN 10: 0571284574 / ISBN 13: 9780571284573

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2012

About this Item

52pp. 1st edition, 1st printing. Gift inscription signed by the author on the title page, dated October 2016. For William & Patricia "Thank you for the wonderful festival". William and Patricia Oxley organised the Torbay Poetry Festival (Devon) from 2001 to 2019. Red wrap-around card covers with yellow and black lettering on face and spine. Tiny faint spot on fore edge. Otherwise in fine condition. appears unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World's Two Smallest Humans [Signed]
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571284574
• ISBN 13: 9780571284573
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Julia Copus''s poems bring humanity and light to some of our most intimate and solitary moments, repeatedly breathing life into loss. In two previous collections, she has been feted as among the most compelling poets to have emerged in recent years; now, in The World''s Two Smallest Humans, she is writing at her most captivating yet. These finely tuned poems are the fruit of her upbringing in a musical family, an affinity with the Classics, a fascination with the arc of time, and an unflinching scrutiny of love and personal relationships. Born out of a powerful sense of place, the poems navigate through a beguiling sequence of interior and exterior landscapes, whether revisiting Ovid, negotiating the perils of one composer''s attempt to step into the shoes of another or describing, from shifting perspectives, a young girl''s escape from suburban ennui. The book concludes with a moving arrangement of pieces that explore the author''s experience of IVF: poems written with wry humour and with grace, which celebrate the mysteries of conception alongside the sometimes surreal business of medical intervention. The World''s Two Smallest Humans is an unforgettable read.

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The finely tuned poems in Julia Copus's new collection are the fruit of an upbringing in a musical family, an affinity with the Classics, a fascination with the arc of time, and an unflinching scrutiny of love and personal relationships. Born out of a powerful sense of place, the poems navigate a sequence of interior and exterior landscapes, whether revisiting Ovid, negotiating the perils of one composer's attempt to step in the shoes of another or describing, from shifting perspectives, a young girl's escape from suburban ennui. Breathing life into loss, the book concludes with 'Ghost', a moving arrangement of pieces that explore the author's experience of IVF: poems written with wry humour and with grace, which celebrate the mysteries of conception alongside the sometimes surreal business of medical intervention.