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Swithering

Robin Robertson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:3rd Feb '06

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WINNER OF THE 2006 FORWARD PRIZE

In Scots, the verb 'swither' has two meanings: to be doubtful, to waver, to be in two minds; and to appear in shifting forms - indeterminate and volatile. From disarmingly direct poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, Robertson's powerful third collection is stalked and haunted by both senses. Hard-edged, pitch-perfect, effortlessly various, Swithering is a book of brave and black romance, locating its voice in that space where great change is an ever-present possibility.

Swithering has just won the Forward Prize for Best Collection and is also shortlisted for this year’s T.S. Eliot Prize.

  • Winner of Forward Prize for Poetry Best Collection 2006 (UK)
  • Short-listed for T. S. Eliot Prize 2007 (UK)

ISBN: 9780330441681

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 9mm

Weight: 130g

96 pages