Collected Poems
1958 - 2015
$62.10
- Hardcover
560 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2016
Summary
The “technically and emotionally heart-stopping poems” (Spectator) of Clive James are collected in this decades-spanning volume.
Clive James’s reputation as a poet has become impossible to ignore. His recent poems looking back over his extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty, such as ‘Japanese Maple’ (first published in the New Yorker in 2014), became global news events upon their publication. His most recent collection, Sentenced to Life, was a phenomenal …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509812400 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509812407 |
| Author: | Clive James |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 162mm x 240mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
He is a unique figure, a straddler of genres and a bridger of the gaps between high and low culture. He will be seen, I think, as one of the most important and influential writers of our time
James writes with exquisite perception and surgical precision; he is a poet of powerful argument and emotional force * The Times *
A writer whose commanding voice contains a constant variety of colour and tone – Robert McCrum * Observer *
After writing poems for 50 years, his technique is deft and assured * Independent on Saturday *
He is a unique figure, a straddler of genres and a bridger of the gaps between high and low culture. He will be seen, I think, as one of the most important and influential writers of our time – Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
A verse highlight of my year – Keith Bruce * Herald *
Clive James
Clive James is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of more than forty books. His poetry collection Sentenced to Life and his translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy were both Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, and his collections of verse have been shortlisted for many prizes. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013 an Officer of the Order of Australia.
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