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Still life

Emma Rees, Luiz Meléndez · 2011

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About the book

In a hot Spanish kitchen a little boy's mouth waters as he daydreams about the citrus tang of freshly-squeezed juice; in the weak sunlight outside a Russian Orthodox church, splinters of wood dance like so many motes of dust; and in a camp in Germany three prisoners of war look upwards and marvel at the near-weightless liberty of the birds they see. These are some of the exquisite moments almost visual in their vibrancy that are captured in the pages of Still Life. In this rich and textured anthology, the mundane is transfi gured as poets attempt to answer or at least to establish the big ques.

Book details

Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chester Press
Editions
1
Pages
115
ISBN
9781908258809

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