The Invention of Zero by Chris Greenhalgh

The Invention of Zero by Chris Greenhalgh

Chris Greenhalgh's distinctive third collection is a book of sensuous meditations on time and mortality, love and art. At its heart is a suite of prose poems. Intimate in tone, formally experimental and lyrically charged, they pick up and develop threads from his title, The Invention of Zero. Like his first two books, Greenhalgh's new collection is alive with vivid imagery and narrative excitement. At once passionate and ironic, dark and witty, the poems are acutely observed and enjoy a new depth of feeling. His language is sensitive, exact, and alert to the layered and luminous surfaces as well as the discontinuities of modern life. There is an urgency and immediacy to Greenhalgh's latest work that makes it contemporary and playful but also emotionally compelling, tender and true.

Entertaining and bizarre.. When Chris Greenhalgh gets it right, which he often does, he is very good indeed. -- Nick Laird * Times Literary Supplement *
Sheer brilliance of language carries its own zest in easy intimacy. Greenhalgh writes with all his senses alert. -- Bill Turner * Poetry Review *

Chris Greenhalgh won a Gregory Award in 1992. He has published three collections with Bloodaxe: Stealing the Mona Lisa (1994), Of Love, Death and the Sea-Squirt (2000), and now The Invention of Zero (2007). His novel Coco and Igor was published by Headline in 2002, and made into a film with his screenplay. Born in Manchester, he lived for several years in Italy and Athens before returning to the UK to complete a doctoral thesis on postmodern American poetry. He is currently Academic Deputy Head of Sevenoaks School in Kent.

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ISBN 13	9781852247737
ISBN 10	1852247738
Title	The Invention of Zero
Author	Chris Greenhalgh
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Year published	2007-06-28
Number of pages	64
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