The Asylum Dance by John Burnside
Lucid, tender, and strangely troubling, the poems in THE ASYLUM DANCE-John Burnsides's seventh collection - are hymns to the tension between the sanctuary of home and the lure of escape. This is territory that Burnside has made his own; a domestic world threaded through with myth and longing, beyond which lies a no man's land - the somewhere in between of dusk or dawn, of mists or sudden light, where the epiphanies are. Using the framework of four long peoms, 'Ports', settlements, Fields and Roads, the poet balances presence with absence, we are shown the homing instinct - felt in the blood and marrow - as a pull to refuge, simplicity and a safe haven, while at the same time hearing the siren call from the world beyond the thrilling expectancy of fairground or a dancehall, the possibilities of the open road. With a confident open line and command of the language, John Burnside writes with grace, agility and profound philosophical purpose, confirming his position in the front rank of contemporary poetry.
John Burnside's recent books include the poetry collection All One Breath, the book of stories Something Like Happy - the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year - the novel A Summer of Drowning, shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Prize, and his poetry collection, Black Cat Bone, which won both the 2011 Forward Prize and the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. He is a Professor of English at St Andrews.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224059381 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224059386 |
| Titel | The Asylum Dance |
| Autor | John Burnside |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Vintage Publishing |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-06-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 96 |
| Preise | Winner of Whitbread Prize (Poetry) 2000, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Poetry Category 2000, Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 2000 |
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