This extraordinary debut heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
In After You Were, I Am, charged moments from history collide with
our own godless modern world. The book's three sections - ingenious
rewritings of canonical prayers, dramatic monologues from the
Pendle witch trials of 1612, and the divine tragedy of the
Elizabethan magus John Dee - obsess over individual human
characters and how our past informs (and informs on) our present.
Ralphs's style is utterly distinctive; she is a modern
metaphysical, tapping into a haunting, era-spanning utterance
enlivened by the electric pulse of wordplay and imaginative
conceit. This is poetry that in comprehending the past manages to
make of it something utterly original and contemporary.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Camille Ralphs
(Poetry Editor)
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
72 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-38485-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-571-38485-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780571384853 |
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