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Wind in the Willows (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell; Kenneth Grahame
R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"There's nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as messing about in boats." This adaptation of the classic children's novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the River-Banks. A spot of spring cleaning on a sunny English River-Bank - so begins the adventures of four beloved friends. Follow Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger on their journey through riverside picnics, wild woods, jailbreaks, car chases and cross-dressing amphibians to save Toad Hall from disaster and get little Mole home. Will the foursome triumph? And will everybody learn their lessons? A delightful tale of camaraderie and joy. Poop poop!

How The Hell Are You (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell How The Hell Are You (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
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R250 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R52 (21%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

A new collection from Glyn Maxwell – one of the great poetic stylists of the era, and one of its leading dramatic voices – is always a cause for celebration.

Here, there are squibs and satires, lyrics and songs, poems written to family members and in memory of loved ones, a series of poems written by an artificial intelligence that will thrill and disturb in equal measure, and a chance for the blank page to finally speak for itself. But How The Hell Are You is, in its way, also a quietly political book: Maxwell regards poetry as truth-telling, and these poems – in their intimate, unsparing accounts and clear-eyed reckonings – recoil from the lies and fake news of the age to actually ‘tell it like it is’. How The Hell Are You shows a remarkable imagination and mind working at full tilt, and is the most powerful expression of Maxwell’s talent to date.

One Thousand Nights and Counting - Selected Poems (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell One Thousand Nights and Counting - Selected Poems (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R496 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A "Boston Globe" Best Poetry Book of 2011

The poems of Glyn Maxwell possess a slow, quiet fire. They refrain from grand gestures, from loud proclamations of emotion. Instead, Maxwell unveils these emotions gently, quietly, intricately--like little postcards in a waxed envelope. Each of his poems is Blake's "world in a grain of sand." Maxwell's works reveal very little about their subjects; there are, rather, merely the faintest, well-chosen hints of quotidian life: a man kills a wasp; a man falls in and out of love; a man escapes from an unnamed pursuer. But from these suggestive fragments, it is possible to extrapolate an entire world.
The casual virtuosity that first brought Maxwell great renown is on show throughout the poems collected in "One Thousand Nights and Counting." Lyrical or narrative, comic or contemplative, these are profound, resonant explorations of love and fatherhood, of triumph and longing. They will not soon be forgotten.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new version, from award-winning poet Glyn Maxwell, of Robert Louis Stevenson's Gothic masterpiece. A decent man finds himself stalked and confronted by his own evil alter-ego.

Merlin and the Woods of Time (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Merlin and the Woods of Time (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

It's a perfect day in Camelot. The Table is Round and the Grail is Holy. Knights joust and Ladies show favour. Blood is spilt, love declared, and medieval pundits talk us through the action. What could possibly go wrong? But then a humble water-carrier falls head-over-heels for an arrogant beauty and in his passion stumbles on the Secret of Controlling Time. Now the survival of the world is in his hands, and it will take more than the wisdom of Merlin to save Old England from catastrophe. Chivalry, showbiz and strange-coloured cocktails meet with Very Weird Results in Merlin and the Woods of Time...

On Poetry (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell On Poetry (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R384 R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'The most compelling, original, charismatic and poetic guide to poetry that I can remember. A handbook written from the heart by one of the true modern masters of the craft.' Simon Armitage A collection of short essays and reflections on poetry from the acclaimed British poet Glyn Maxwell. These essays illustrate Maxwell's poetic philosophy, that the greatest verse arises from a harmony of mind and body, and that poetic forms originate in human necessities - breath, heartbeat, footstep, posture. He speaks of his inspirations, his models, and takes us inside the strange world of the Creative Writing Class, where four young hopefuls grapple with love, sex, cheap wine and hard work. With examples from canonical poets, this is a beautiful, accessible guide to the most ancient and sublime of the realms of literature.

Glyn Maxwell: Plays One (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Glyn Maxwell: Plays One (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A history, a legend, a rumour - three stories drawn from the shadows of England..."The Lifeblood" depicts the last days of Mary Queen of Scots, as four men weave about her a web of love and hatred; "Wolfpit" brings alive the extraordinary chronicle of the Green children of Suffolk who appeared inexplicably one summer morning; and love comes to Mary Kelly, "The Only Girl in the World", otherwise known as the last victim of Jack the Ripper.

The Sugar Mile (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell The Sugar Mile (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R380 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R47 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This stirring verse narrative begins when the poet steps into an uptown Manhattan bar a few days before September 11, 2001. Encountering Joe Stone, a fellow Brit and a barstool regular, the narrator becomes the fated scribe of Joe's memories of London's "Black Saturday," the start of the worst of the Blitz during World War II. As the old man's haunting recollections of the prelude to the Blitz collide with a New York bartender's blithe optimism about the glories of America, we begin to discern the shadows and reflections of the past in New York's impending catastrophe. Deftly moving from past to present, using various poetic forms to delineate each character's unique voice, this verse drama explores everyday beauty and innocence on the brink of disaster.

The Breakage - Poems (Paperback, 1st Mariner books ed): Glyn Maxwell The Breakage - Poems (Paperback, 1st Mariner books ed)
Glyn Maxwell
R397 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R50 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A series of verse letters to the English poet Edward Thomas, killed in the First World War, forms the centerpiece of this remarkable collection. Like most of the poems, it expresses a deep concern for England, past and present. Other poems, whether lyrical or narrative, comic or contemplative, explore love and fatherhood, triumph and longing. Some are adventures from the known to the ineffable; some draw on the poet's travels and his time living in Amherst, Massachusetts.


The Boys at Twilight - Poems, 1990-1995 / Glyn Maxwell. (Paperback, None): Glyn Maxwell The Boys at Twilight - Poems, 1990-1995 / Glyn Maxwell. (Paperback, None)
Glyn Maxwell
R412 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R48 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The poems in this volume were selected by Glyn Maxwell from TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON (published in 1990, when he was twenty-eight), OUT OF THE RAIN (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize), and REST FOR THE WICKED. Maxwell “is a formalist,” wrote Robert McIlwaine about his first book, “but . . . he is an outspoken anti-elitist social poet. His strenuous well-wrought poems . . . come from an English tradition of technical virtuosity with plain speech.” The Boys at Twilight shows, sometimes comically, men at war, boys at play, boys grown up, men overreaching and reverting. Other concerns are the dangers of authority and mob psychology, the absurdities of stardom and consumerism, the heroism of the decent, and the wisdom of doubt. His subjects range from biblical stories to the “Tale of the Chocolate Egg,” which is a long, “pitch-perfect description of a bored young man’s growing obsession with a new kind of candy” (Adam Kirsch, New Republic). Always in his work, “Maxwell knows that to see into is not necessarily to see through . . . His virtuosity has a ballast of sobriety” (Poetry Book Society).


Hide Now (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Hide Now (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R288 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R65 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In "Hide Now," Glyn Maxwell shows how the times have begun to warp time itself: in the poet's vision, the past rears up again with its angry ghosts, the present is racked by its martial and climatic nightmares, and the future has already come and gone. All the stories of the earth seem menaced by just one - to which nations cover their eyes and ears, and from which the grown-ups run and hide. Scheherazade, Robespierre, Dick Cheney and the Reverend Jim Jones all have their place here, though the book's presiding genius is the lonely figure of Cassandra, cursed with knowing the fate of a world that finds her screamingly funny. Glyn Maxwell has established an international reputation as one of the most intelligent and stylishly original English poets since Auden, and he has never written with greater urgency or power.

' Maxwell's] astonishing technical facility can make syllables, vowels and consonants do absolutely anything. His energetic voice riffs through evasively ordinary speech taking on love, politics, comedy and bizarre narratives in brilliantly elaborate syntax and forms'

"Independent "

The Sugar Mile (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell The Sugar Mile (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R265 R208 Discovery Miles 2 080 Save R57 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A topical and accessible collection, The Sugar Mile takes its readers on a journey from wartime London to modern-day America. In a series of monologues, each beautifully drawn and intimate, Glyn Maxwell details the effects and experiences of conflict: the sense of community bounded by a distrust of strangers and foreigners; whole streets razed to the ground; homes lost, possessions misplaced and characters displaced; fears for loved-ones offset by tentative bargains with god; casual encounters given an intense, unreal edge by the context in which they occur; the routine drama and unfamiliar 'everydayness' of bombs, blackouts, shelters, temporary accommodation and evacuation . . . With painstaking clarity and honesty, Maxwell has captured the surrealism of a world under siege -- whether WWII or the war on terror declared post 9/11.

Cyrano de Bergerac (Paperback): Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac (Paperback)
Edmond Rostand; Adapted by Glyn Maxwell
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet, Raconteur Cyrano de Bergerac is all these things, but none of them makes him happy. What he desires above all is the love of the beautiful Roxane. But his problem is as plain as the nose on his face. Surely he is too ugly ever to be loved? Salvation of a kind arrives in the form of the handsome yet tongue-tied Christian de Neuvillette might not Cyrano's eloquence and Christian s beauty together win Roxane? Yet duelling foes, powerful rivals, and a war against Spain will all put our hero to the test before he finds his way at last into his lady's arms.

Wind in the Willows (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell; Kenneth Grahame
R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'There's nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.' A spot of spring cleaning on a sunny English riverbank - so begins the adventures of four beloved friends. Follow Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger on their journey through riverside picnics, wild woods, jailbreaks, car chases and cross-dressing amphibians to save Toad Hall from disaster and get little Mole home. Will the foursome triumph? And will everybody learn their lessons? A delightful tale of camaraderie and joy. Poop poop! A new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, a classic children's novel notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the River Banks.

Masters Are You Mad? - The Search for Malvolio (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell Masters Are You Mad? - The Search for Malvolio (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you!' vowed Malvolio at the end of Twelfth Night, but twelve years have passed in Illyria and nothing has been heard of him. Illyria is a ghost town now: all its young people have left for 'Upriver', for the legendary land of Moai, a realm of love requited, fortunes made and dreams come true, presided over by a mysterious figure who may or may not be Malvolio. Whoever he is, the Duke Orsino wants him 'terminated' and sends a motley crew of fools and assassins upriver to get the job done. But, as the Ferryman warns them: Nothing makes no sense where we're going, no geography, no history, no language. Minds, meanings, souls and sexes will be transformed in Moai before the lost are found, the evil foiled, and broken hearts made whole.

After Troy (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell After Troy (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Troy is in ruins. Its men are dead. Its women are captives and the victorious Greeks are camped in the ashes preparing to sail home. Four quarrelling women drawn together by grief... Four exhausted soldiers who hate each other's guts... A King who falls for a girl so mad she can see the audience... A teenage princess dreaming of the Underworld... And a lonely man of conscience trying to get it all down on paper... Award-winning poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell rips up two Greek tragedies and makes a modern play from the fragments. A witty and passionate retelling of Euripides' Women Of Troy and Hecuba, After Troy exposes the cruelties of war both then and now.

Seven Angels (Paperback): Glyn Maxwell, Luke Bedford Seven Angels (Paperback)
Glyn Maxwell, Luke Bedford
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Seven angels have fallen through space and time for so long, they have forgotten why. Coming to rest on a desert landscape, they imagine the creation of a legendary garden that once flourished there and its destruction from greed and neglect. Inspired by Paradise Lost, Seven Angels interprets the themes of John Milton's masterpiece for a modern audience facing up to the urgent challenges of a changing climate and ever-depleting resources. This is the long-awaited first opera from Luke Bedford featuring the libretto of award-winning poet Glyn Maxwell.Words and music come together. like two swans elegantly floating in the river's current. beautiful words with extraordinary creative and artistic direction - Paul Guest, Ceasefire.

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