New Selected Poems by John Fuller - ISBN: 9780701184322
Hardcover
Dance through life’s shadows with Fuller’s elegant, influential, poetic brilliance.

New Selected Poems

1983-2008

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  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    15 October 2012

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Summary

A welcome new selection of John Fuller’s poems, taken from his last eight collections and spanning over two decades of work.

This rich selection of John Fuller’s poems, made by the author himself, is taken from his last eight collections and spans over twenty-five years of work.

‘Everything goes back to earth,’ writes Fuller, ‘But first it must dance / Dance to exhaustion.’ His poems, brilliant in their dexterity and virtuoso in their use of form, engage with a spectacular ran…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780701184322
ISBN-10:0701184329
Author:John Fuller
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Chatto & Windus
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:15 October 2012
Weight:509g
Dimensions:240mm x 161mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

An excellent introduction to one of England’s greatest poets – an artist unafraid to combine intellect with sensuousness. After all, sometimes “poetry’s the only heaven we have”. – Mark Sanderson * Telegraph *
Belong[s] on the shelf of every poetry lover … Sustained and deeply felt * Independent, Books of the Year 2012 *
Terrific – Hugo Williams * Spectator *

About The Author

John Fuller

John Fuller, born in Ashford, Kent, is an acclaimed poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires (1996) was awarded the Forward Prize; Ghosts (2004) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for Poetry; The Space of Joy (2006) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award, and The Grey Among the Green (1988), Song & Dance (2008) and Pebble & I (2010) were all Poetry Book Society Recommendations. His 1983 novel Flying to Nowhere won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written collections of short stories and several books for children. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

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