Alice Oswald
Falling Awake
- ISBN 13:
- 9781910702437
- author:
- Alice Oswald
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Jonathan Cape
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 96
- Dimensions:
- 13.1 x 1 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Poetry, , Alice Oswald,Falling Awake,Jonathan Cape,1910702439,Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies,Modern & contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards),POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,POETRY / Subjects & Themes /
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Falling Awake is a new collection of poems by Alice Oswald, exploring the themes of mutability and mortality in the natural world.
The poems are characterized by their vivid imagery and physical engagement with the world around them, as well as their use of language that echoes the oral tradition. The Hours, goddesses of the seasons and time, preside over the book, while Orpheus and Tithonus appear at its beginning and end.
The poems are written to be read aloud, with a focus on the sound and momentum of the language. They explore our experience of being human in flux, approaching new angles and coalescing into simple yet stunning beauty.
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