Not Love Perhaps by A S J Tessimond
Written by the author of The Walls of Glass (1934), Voices in a Giant City (1947), and Selection (1958), this title includes a poem that contrasts the idea of romantic love 'that many waters cannot quench' with the notion of a mutual companionship that enables two people to 'walk more firmly through dark narrow places.'
A.S.J. Tessimond (1902-1962) was born in Birkenhead. His education was at Charterhouse, before running away at sixteen, and Liverpool University. On coming to London he worked in bookshops for a time before becoming a copywriter. After avoiding military service in World War II, he later discovered he was unfit for service. An eccentric, he has been well described as a night-lifer, loner and flaneur. He loved women, was always falling in love, but never married. In later life, he became manic-depressive which neither psycho-analysis nor electric shock therapy could cure. He died of brain haemorrhage in his Chelsea flat.
Three volumes of verse were published during his lifetime: 'The Walls of Glass' (1934), 'Voices in a Giant City' (1947) and 'Selection' (1958). He was a minor poet but a distinctive one
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571242214 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571242219 |
| Title | Not Love Perhaps |
| Author | A S J Tessimond |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2008-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 52 |
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