Isbn: 9780553588507 - idolon (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. Drawing on Romany language, storytelling and the speech of birds, award-winning poet David Morley offers a provocative and passionate invitation to reflect afresh on the ways in which the lives, stories and fate of humans - and the more than human - are twinned and entwined.In poems that crackle with verbal energy, he invokes a world where God is Salieri to Nature's Mozart, in which hummingbirds hover like actors ' in a theatre of flowers', pipistrelles become piccolos, swans swerve comets, and a Zyzzyx wasp is ' a zugzwang of six legs and letters' . There are exuberant celebrations of Romany language in the style of Edward Thomas; of how a Yellowhammer inspired Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; of the world-shaping discoveries of women scientists; and an autobiographical sequence, which roots this poet's authority and reflects on how power shapes what may be said in public.…

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. First edition. Signed by author Mark Budz on sticker on title page. In protective plastic bag. Slightly dampstained. (Science fiction, fantasy).…