Quick Question by John Ashbery

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Quick Question by John Ashbery

In Quick Question John Ashbery extends an invitation to readers to accompany him into the extraordinary worlds of the everyday, experienced through the box of tricks that is language. He revels in twist and transformation, the constant mutability of words and things: Whatever stops playing is the enemy of the incomplete. He can stop us in our ..
'Ashbery's is a poetry not of arrival, but of movement, of invigorating shifts in tone - a delight to experience' Guardian
JOHN ASHBERY was born in Rochester, New York, and educated at Harvard and Columbia. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry. He is the recipient of many honours, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and a MacArthur 'genius' award. The French government appointed Ashbery as both Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Officier de la Legion d'honneur.
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ISBN 13 9781847772282
ISBN 10 1847772285
Title Quick Question
Author John Ashbery
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Year published 2013-01-31
Number of pages 128
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