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Poems That Make Grown Men Cry - 100 Men on the Words That Move Them (Paperback)
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Poems That Make Grown Men Cry - 100 Men on the Words That Move Them (Paperback)
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In this fascinating anthology, one hundred men - distinguished in
literature and film, science and architecture, theatre and human
rights - confess to being moved to tears by poems that haunt them.
Representing 20 nationalities and ranging in age from their early
20s to their late 80s, the majority are public figures not prone to
crying. Here they admit to breaking down when ambushed by great
art, often in words as powerful as the poems themselves. 75 per
cent of the selected poems were written in the 20th century, with
more than a dozen by women. Their themes range from love in its
many guises, through mortality and loss, to the beauty and variety
of nature. Three men have suffered the pain of losing a child;
others are moved to tears by the exquisite way a poet captures, in
Alexander Pope's famous phrase, 'what oft was thought, but ne'er so
well express'd'. From J.J Abrams to John le Carre, Salman Rushdie
to Jonathan Franzen, Daniel Radcliffe to Nick Cave, Ian McEwan to
Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci to Colin Firth, and Seamus Heaney to
Christopher Hitchens, this collection delivers private insight into
the souls of men whose writing, acting, and thinking are admired
around the world.
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Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2015 |
Authors: |
Anthony Holden
• Ben Holden
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Dimensions: |
198 x 130 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
310 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4711-3490-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4711-3490-3 |
Barcode: |
9781471134906 |
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