Isbn: 9781869417659 - the goose bath: poems (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Edited by Pamela Gordon, Denis Harold and Bill Manhire. 'The Goose Bath: Poems' is a whimsical yet skillfully crafted collection of poetry that will cleave open your imagination, letting all its splendor spill out. 'Janet Frame used to keep geese, using the base of an old garden fountain as their bath. In later years the geese went but the bath was brought indoors as a receptable into which Janet piled her jottings as she reworked and developed her poems. Over time the bath overflowed with paper, including hundreds of unpublished poems. By the time Janet died she had named her hoped-for but elusive new selection The Goose Bath.' -- Waitakere City Libraries summary. DJ. Minor wear to the dust jacket along the edges, slightly sunned.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Some very minor light shelf wear to the jacket only. A posthumous collection bringing together poems written over several decades, many previously unpublished. The poetry ranges across family, childhood, love, friendship and the New Zealand landscape, while also confronting ageing, illness, death and the passing of time. Characterised by direct language, humour and close observation of everyday life, the poems move easily between personal memory and wider reflections on human experience. The collection includes some of the poet's final work, giving it a particularly intimate quality and providing a fitting conclusion to a distinguished New Zealand literary career.…

Hard Cover. First Edition. F/F. 8vo. original white boards in unpriced dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & marked); pp. 222 (last blank), with title page illustration. 'New Zealand Book Awards Poetry Winner' label to front cover. A fine copy.