The Poetry of Birds: edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee - Brossura

Armitage, Simon

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ISBN 10: 0141027118 ISBN 13: 9780141027111

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2011

Riassunto

A STUNNING COLLECTION OF POEMS CURATED BY THE NEW POET LAUREATE AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FOUR FIELDS
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'Some of the most ethereal verse ever written' Sunday Telegraph

'A glorious collection of works old and new' Independent on Sunday

'Truly inexhaustible . . . to be read again and again' Daily Mail

'A rich and sustaining larder, a marvellously realized sourcebook of flights of feathered fancy' Guardian

'A life-affirming celebration of the commonplace yet enduringly mysterious creatures we share this world with and the poetry they have inspired' Daily Telegraph

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Recensione:

Powerful. A rich and sustaining larder, a marvellously realized sourcebook of flights of feathered fancy (Guardian)

Some of the most ethereal verse ever written (Sunday Telegraph)

A glorious collection of works old and new (Independent on Sunday)

Compendious . . . offers many pleasures (Daily Express)

The poems gathered here celebrate our tenuous connection to something timeless and sublime. A truly inexhaustible collection . . . to be read again and again (Daily Mail)

Had me entranced (Observer)

A wonderful, generous anthology. A life-affirming celebration of the commonplace yet enduringly mysterious creatures we share this world with and the poetry they have inspired (Daily Telegraph)

L'autore:

Simon Armitage's Selected Poems appeared in 2001, and in 2007 he published a highly praised translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. He has written two volumes of memoir about living in the north for Penguin: All Points North and Gig. He lives in Huddersfield.

Tim Dee is a BBC radio producer based in Bristol. He has written a highly acclaimed memoir of his birdwatching life, The Running Sky.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0141027118
• ISBN 13: 9780141027111
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Redattore: Dee Tim