Sidereal
A debut poetry collection in which celestial imagery and earthly concerns intertwine as the poems trace their own elliptical orbits.
Work Information
A debut collection that maps earthbound life through celestial imagery.
Pain in the real world and the flight of imagination quietly meet inside these compact poems.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- 2011-06-16
- Pages
- 77 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 12.7 x 0.64 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780330513395
- ISBN-10
- 0330513397
- Price
- 2338 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/British
Rachael Boast's first collection is dominated by astral influence and divine chance, by unseen or remote causes; but despite its celestial title, Sidereal is full of terrestrial concerns, the traffic and chaos of the human and natural worlds. Ultimately, however, it is the work of a poet who believes that we must also turn our gaze skywards to make sense of who we are, and these poems pursue their elliptical but inevitable orbits through a world where the earthly and transcendent are thoroughly interfused. Above all, Sidereal impresses through Boast's lyric faith, which through even the worst pain and despair can still offer its clarities and revelations, and announces an important new voice in British poetry.
Rachael Boast was born in Suffolk in 1975. She currently divides her time between Scotland and the West Country. Rachael Boast was born in Suffolk in 1975. She currently divides her time between Scotland and the West Country.
Reviews
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Four and a half stars
This is a strong first volume. A mixture of good, very good and excellent poems. Very assured for a first book. Great title which fits the poetry
Related Literary Awards
- Forward Prizes for Poetry Edition 20 (2011) ・Excellence Award