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The Kiosk on the Brink (Oxford Poets) Book

A sheer drop, a road winding round a mountain, a city subject to earth tremors these are the sitesfor the poems in The Kiosk on the Brink.The title of Jamie McRendrick's second book refers to a commercial venture on top of a volcano,and provides an apt image of fraught but resourceful survival.These poems trace a journey that is as much inward as outward, in a voice which isunexpectedly quickened and celebratory.'... The Kiosk on the Brink confirms his exceptional talent. A cool, complex intelligence, a wry worldly lyricism and marvellous writing make it the most rewarding read.' William Boyd 'Pick of the Year', Sunday Times'Jamie McKendrick's poems have a Dantesque stringency and beautifully composed visual certainty that makes us sense "the sulphur under the earth's crust".' Tom Paulin 'Books of the Year', Independent on SundaySELECTED FOR NEW GENERATION POETS 1994Read More

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  • Blackwell

    A collection of poetry by the author of The Sirocco Room. A sheer drop, a road winding round a volcano, a piece of earth subject to tremors - these are the characteristic sites for the poems in this book, often on the eve of, or in the aftermath...

  • 0192831186
  • 9780192831187
  • Jamie McKendrick
  • 17 June 1993
  • Oxford Paperbacks
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 64
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