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Bezig met laden... The Overhaul (2012)door Kathleen Jamie
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Moon ( ) The more that I read of Kathleen Jamie’s work the more I grow to like her writing. I have previously read Findings and Sightlines and thought that they were superb, but I have never read any of her poetry before. The Overahul is a collection of poems about the thing we sometimes miss in our busy lives. Some of these were very good indeed. There are a couple in Gaelic or dialect that I could not comprehend, but mostly they were good. My particular favourite was The Lighthouse. What is really impressive though is her mastery of language, she can convey an image with sparkling clarity with a breathtaking brevity, and that is what makes this a delight to read. A slim volume of poems, salt-sprayed and moonlit islands. too many flavours to pick a favourite, but the poem that speaks to me most today is Avowal: ... 'Flower,' they whisper, 'd' you love the breeze that wantons the whole earth round breathing its sweet proposals, but does not love you?' - then laughs when your blue head nods: I do. I do geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The Overhaul is Kathleen Jamie's first collection since the award-winning The Tree House, and it broadens her poetic range considerably. The Overhaul continues Jamie's lyric enquiry into the aspects of the world our rushing lives elide, and even threaten. Whether she is addressing birds or rivers, or the need to accept loss, or sometimes, the desire to escape our own lives, her work is earthy and rigorous, her language at once elemental and tender. As an essayist, she has frequently queried our human presence in the world with the question 'How are we to live?' Here, this is answered more personally than ever. The Overhaul is a mid-life book of repair, restitution, and ultimately hope - of the wisest and most worldly kind. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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