The ten visionary sequences that make up David Harsent's new collection operate on one another like a planetary system.
As elsewhere in Harsent's work, there are 'touchstones' - words, phrases, images and scenes - that reappear as versions of themselves, bringing a compositional depth and dramatic intensity to poems that confront raw and unpacified areas of human experience. His characters carry narratives that charge the whole with an erotic, sometimes hallucinatory energy; his staging is stark and minimal: attentive, always, to what lies beneath the skin.
| ISBN: | 9780571382569 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2024 |
| Author: | David Harsent |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) Poetry by individual poets |
The ten visionary sequences that make up David Harsent's new collection operate on one another like a planetary system.As elsewhere in Harsent's work, there are 'touchstones' - words, phrases, images and scenes - that reappear as versions of themselves, bringing a compositional depth and dramatic intensity to poems that confront raw and unpacified areas of human experience. His characters carry narratives that charge the whole with an erotic, sometimes hallucinatory energy; his staging is stark and minimal: attentive, always, to what lies beneath the skin.
Skin features in the following genres: Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Poetry by individual poets
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
Skin was written by David Harsent and published by Faber & Faber
Skin has 208 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.