Now and for a Time by John Fuller

Now and for a Time by John Fuller

Throughout his long and prolific career, John Fuller has been admired for the way in which he melds levity with serious reflection. In this beautiful new collection of twenty-one poems he proves himself, once again, a true master of this art. They take us from birth to death: from a baby's first delightful babblings, to the dignified, measured words of a man surveying his life and marriage, and looking forward into the unknown. There are moments of great joie de vivre, of pleasure in the earthy things of life; and yet, beyond, there is always a sense of a vaster, more elusive universe. The snorting of the horses in a field in 'Dreams', the egret on the rock in 'Sentinel': these are nature's mysteries. To make sense of these, we have language and music. Celebratory, playful, reconciled to the questions that will not be answered, these poems exude a miraculous kind of peace and understanding: 'A point of closure that allows the next/Inevitable sentence to begin'.

Fuller's poetry can be seen to build a bridge of boats between light verse and solemn energy with the best technique of anyone writing in Britain now -- Peter Porter
For a large number of writers.. the decisive influence -- James Fenton
Fuller has continued to write as no one doubts he can: with dry urbanity and unflappable abundance * Guardian *
Fuller is a wondefully skilled craftsman and the grace and elegance of his style is at the service of not only a sharp wit and intelligence, but a great depth of feeling * Sunday Telegraph *
In the clicking of his faultless rhyme [he] captures mortality * Daily Telegraph *

John Fuller, born in Ashford, Kent, is an acclaimed poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires (1996) was awarded the Forward Prize; Ghosts (2004) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for Poetry; The Space of Joy (2006) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award, and The Grey Among the Green (1988), Song & Dance (2008) and Pebble & I (2010) were all Poetry Book Society Recommendations. His 1983 novel Flying to Nowhere won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written collections of short stories and several books for children. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780701173517
ISBN 10	0701173513
Titel	Now and for a Time
Autor	John Fuller
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-07-04
Seitenanzahl	80
Preise	Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 2002, Short-listed for Forward Poetry Prize for Best Collection 2002
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