*SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S ELIOT PRIZE AND COSTA POETRY AWARD 2013*’A stone is lobbed in ’84, hangs like a star over Orgreave. Welcome to Sheffield. Border-land, our town of miracles…’ – ‘Scab’From the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships, Helen Mort’s stunning debut is marked by distance and division. Named for a street in Sheffield, this is a collection that cherishes specificity: the particularity of names; the reflections the world throws back at us; the precise moment of a realisation. Distinctive and assured, these poems show us how, at the site of conflict, a moment of reconciliation can be born.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781446483244 ● Publisher Random House ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2773147 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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