Pessimism for Beginners by Sophie Hannah
Full of enchanting humor and intimacy, this inventive collection of poems is designed to engage and delight. Rhymed metrical forms are masterfully handled to produce highly amusing effects and traditional prose is manipulated in order to handle contemporary subjects. Moving yet lighthearted, these poems are a complicated brew that poetry lovers of every stripe will enjoy.
'Shall I put it in capitals? SOPHIE HANNAH IS A GENIUS' - Poetry Review.'Sophie Hannah is a poet of considerable skill...A shrewd and accurate observer of the world around her, and of her own life, she is often very funny.'Wendy Cope'Sophie Hannah is one of my favourite young poets...she writes pithy, witty, poignant poems about love and relationships.'Daisy Goodwin
Sophie Hannah was born in Manchester in 1971 and now lives in West Yorkshire. She was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge and a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. 'Her first psychological crime novel, 'Little Face', will be published in April 2006 by Hodder & Stoughton. She has published three previous collections of poetry all with Carcanet, three novels and a book of poems for children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857548785 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857548787 |
| Title | Pessimism for Beginners |
| Author | Sophie Hannah |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for T S Eliot Prize 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |