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From the Word Go
Nick Drake
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Description for From the Word Go
Paperback. Written by an award-winning author of "The Man in the White Suit", this work explores the different meanings and implications which are packed into that small word - from departures on journeys in this world and beyond it, through expulsions from homes, places and relationships, to the possibilities of adventure and discovery. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 98.
Nick Drake's "From the Word Go" explores the different meanings and implications which are tightly packed into that small word - from departures on journeys in this world and beyond it, through expulsions from homes, places and relationships, to the possibilities of adventure and new discovery. At the heart of the book is a sequence describing the dying, death and afterlife of his father, an account of the struggles, fears, comedies, losses, and revelations of that final process of going out of this world. "From the Word Go" builds upon the considerable achievement of Nick Drake's award-winning first collection, "The ... Read more
Nick Drake's "From the Word Go" explores the different meanings and implications which are tightly packed into that small word - from departures on journeys in this world and beyond it, through expulsions from homes, places and relationships, to the possibilities of adventure and new discovery. At the heart of the book is a sequence describing the dying, death and afterlife of his father, an account of the struggles, fears, comedies, losses, and revelations of that final process of going out of this world. "From the Word Go" builds upon the considerable achievement of Nick Drake's award-winning first collection, "The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852247140
SKU
V9781852247140
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Ref
99-91
About Nick Drake
Nick Drake was born in 1961. He lives and works in London. His first book-length collection, The Man in the White Suit (Bloodaxe Books, 1999), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1999, and was selected for the Next Generation Poets promotion in 2004. From The Word Go was published by Bloodaxe ... Read more
Reviews for From the Word Go
'Subtle, funny and tremendously moving. He has an eye for the small detail as well as the big picture. These poems brilliantly evoke time and place' - Jackie Kay 'Nick Drake shows a talent for capturing the suffering and loneliness of people, and the instantaneousness of events...His Czech roots and friendships with AIDS victims add particularity and worldliness to his ... Read more