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Informationen zum Autor ROBERT SAXTON was born in Nottingham in 1952 and now lives in north London! where he is the editorial director of an illustrated book publishing company. His first collection of poetry! The Promise Clinic! was published by Enitharmon Press in 1994. He is also represented in Faber's Poetry Introduction 7 and the Carcanet/OxfordPoets anthology Oxford Poets 2001. In 2001 he won the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association's poetry prize for 'The Nightingale Broadcasts'. Klappentext Enigmatic, densely woven imagery exploring fugitive states of mind is juxtaposed with a plain-spoken narrative in this collection of poetry by Robert Saxton. Starting with a murder in China during the age of Confucius and ending with a sestina about a difficult family Christmas in front of the television, a restless, rhyme-driven craftsmanship, energetic in making new forms as well as in exploiting traditional ones, unites these extremes. The poetry's focus ranges from landmarks in cultural history, such as the first performance of Nijinsky's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune, to the poet's responses to a serious cycling accident. Zusammenfassung An elaborate poetic weave of fact and fiction! rich in incident! enigma! wit and feeling - starting with a murder in China in the age of Confucius and ending with a sestina about a difficult family Christmas in front of the TV.
