
Turning the Stones
Alistair Elliot(Author)
Carcanet Press Ltd
Published on 9. December 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-85754-041-3 (ISBN)
Description
Alistair Elliot has claimed that anything he puts into a poem, he'll have in the after-life. Earlier books provide food and drink: he's now packing up whole countries, species, friends. Some poems here explain what it's like having a shower with women aged 20 when you're not, how horses express admiration for each other, what people do when world wars approach, and the greenish methods of an Iranian rubbish collector. Elliot continues to vary his scale of operation: there's a sonnet written by Rilke after his death, a biography of Pompey's last wife, and a long poem in couplets about losing boots in Arcadia.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85754-041-3 (9781857540413)
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