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Proof of Identity
Neil Powell
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Description for Proof of Identity
Paperback. Neil Powell's seventh Carcanet collection explores the deep roots of identity: family histories we inherit, memories we carry, the casual decisions and wrong turnings that add up to make us who we are. Meditative, wry, melancholy and celebratory, this is Neil Powell is at his most versatile and memorable. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
Neil Powell's seventh Carcanet collection explores the deep roots of identity: family histories we inherit, memories we carry, the casual decisions and wrong turnings that add up to make us who we are. 'Do you mean to say you've married / an apprentice fitter and come all this way?' an official asks the poet's grandmother who, trusting to luck, emigrates to a new life in South Africa after the First World War. An ironic and grateful presence, Powell observes the lives that he inherits. Perspectives shift with time: an old photograph shows his mother 'more beautiful and happier than I ... Read more
Neil Powell's seventh Carcanet collection explores the deep roots of identity: family histories we inherit, memories we carry, the casual decisions and wrong turnings that add up to make us who we are. 'Do you mean to say you've married / an apprentice fitter and come all this way?' an official asks the poet's grandmother who, trusting to luck, emigrates to a new life in South Africa after the First World War. An ironic and grateful presence, Powell observes the lives that he inherits. Perspectives shift with time: an old photograph shows his mother 'more beautiful and happier than I ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
68
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847770950
SKU
V9781847770950
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Ref
99-45
About Neil Powell
Neil Powell was born in London in 1948 and educated at Sevenoaks School and the University of Warwick. He has taught English, owned a bookshop and, since 1990, been a full-time author and editor. His books include seven collections of poetry - At the Edge (1977), A Season of Calm Weather (1982), True Colours (1990), The Stones on ... Read more
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