Grace McCleen
The Professor of Poetry
- ISBN 13:
- 9781444769982
- author:
- Grace McCleen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Sceptre
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 13.3 x 2 x 19.6 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Elizabeth Stone has found a new lease on life after being diagnosed with cancer. Now in remission, she returns to the city where she studied years ago to investigate some little-known papers by T.S. Eliot that she believes hold the key to her next writing project. As Elizabeth delves deeper into her research, her memories begin to resurface, transporting her back to a time marked by loneliness and longing. A past love also re-emerges in the form of Professor Hunt, whose poem given to her as a teenager has become the focus of her new work. With her creative block threatening to paralyse her, Elizabeth must confront the fear of writing something worthless and face the biggest test of her life. With its intense evocation of place, unflinching portrayal of a complex character, and powerful exploration of the transcendent within the ordinary, this novel is a profound and hypnotic read that devastates even as it exhilarates.
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