Ghosts by John Fuller
In this warm and lucid collection, John Fuller reckons with his own mortality, writing poems about the deaths of people he has known and the births of grandchildren, all the while looking forward to the time when he too will pass on. As always in his poetry, there is a probing into the meaning of life, a wonderfully melodic personal dialogue in which the poet asks and attempts to answer in the course of a poem some of life's more mysterious questions. But such philosophical musings are always anchored in beautifully concrete, atmospheric, and sensual detail. These poems have a wonderful universality, but they are also utterly distinctive and personal, with imagery that surprises and provokes admiration.
"I have much admired and enjoyed John Fuller's collection of poems GhostsHe contemplates age and death with a kind of glee and surprised intelligence that I find very sympathetic" -- A.S. Byatt * New Statesman *
"Elegant, surprising meditations on approaching death - the persistence of past people and things, and the liveliness of infants" * Guardian *
"Fuller is a wonderfully 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 *
"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
"Elegant, surprising meditations on approaching death - the persistence of past people and things, and the liveliness of infants" * Guardian *
"Fuller is a wonderfully 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 *
"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
John Fuller is an acclaimed poet and novelist. He has written eighteen collections of poetry, including Pebble & I and Song & Dance, both chosen as Poetry Book Society Recommendations; and The Space of Joy (2006), which was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award. Most recently, he has written Who Is Ozymandias?, a book on puzzles in poetry. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701177409 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701177403 |
| Title | Ghosts |
| Author | John Fuller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
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