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So Brightly at the Last
So Brightly at the Last
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Published:
28 November, 2019
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Jimi Hendrix, Princess Diana and Syria's Asma Al-Assad rub shoulders with Auden, Eliot and Shelley - and with the Trouser Thief Clive met during ten long weeks locked up in a closed psychiatric ward - in this offbeat and affectionate poetic biography. Since 2010, when Clive was told he had three separate life-threatening conditions, he has poured out a stream of fine poems - sometimes light, witty and paradoxical, sometimes sad, heartfelt and regretful. Some, like `Japanese Maple', an instant Internet sensation, have already made it into the anthologies. Others, like his book-length epic, The River in the Sky, are more demanding. All are packed with the unexpected ideas, inventive imagery and breathtaking wordplay that have helped him achieve his avowed ambition of becoming `a fairly major minor poet'.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781913062071 |
| ISBN10 | 1913062074 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | RedDoor Press |
| Format | hardback |
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Clive's verse is alive with energy, wit, craft, beauty, fire and a uniquely thrilling poetic intelligence - Stephen Fry; Long overdue - a readable, insightful celebration of Clive James's wonderful and humane lyric verse - Stuart Maconie; Terrific. I read it with astonishment and learnt a huge amount - Prof John Carey