New and Selected Poems
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
Published:31st Oct '04
Should be back in stock very soon
Dennis O'Driscoll is among the finest and most popular poets of his generation. "New and Selected Poems" shows him to be a poet of humanity and wit whose observant, rhythmically supple poetry is attuned to the tragedies and comedies of contemporary life. One of the book's highlights is The Bottom Line, a multi-voiced and multifaceted portrait of business managers and bureaucrats. Closing with a generous selection of previously unpublished work, "New and Selected Poems" - which follows Dennis O'Driscoll's acclaimed "Exemplary Damages", chosen as a Book of the Year by Seamus Heaney in 2002 - makes for a compelling collection, wide in its appeal and yet imbued with a distinctive and often startling world-view.
'...it is as a poet of European temperament, and stature, that O'Driscoll demands to be judged.'George Szirtes, The Guardian
ISBN: 9780856463730
Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 23mm
Weight: 408g
272 pages