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Odes
Sharon Olds
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Description for Odes
Paperback. Opening with a powerful and tender 'Ode to the Hymen', the author uses this age-old poetic form to address many aspects of herself, in a collection that is centred around the female body and female pleasures, and touches along the way on parts of her own story which will be familiar from earlier works, each episode and more. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
`Interspersed with acts of breathtaking linguistic daring.' Charlotte Mendelson, Observer Book of the Year Opening with a powerful and tender `Ode to the Hymen', Sharon Olds uses this age-old poetic form to address many aspects of herself, in a collection that is centred around the female body and female pleasures, and touches along the way on parts of her own story which will be familiar from earlier works, each episode and memory now burnished by the wisdom and grace of looking back. In such poems as `Ode to My Sister', `Ode of Broken Loyalty', `Ode to ... Read more
`Interspersed with acts of breathtaking linguistic daring.' Charlotte Mendelson, Observer Book of the Year Opening with a powerful and tender `Ode to the Hymen', Sharon Olds uses this age-old poetic form to address many aspects of herself, in a collection that is centred around the female body and female pleasures, and touches along the way on parts of her own story which will be familiar from earlier works, each episode and memory now burnished by the wisdom and grace of looking back. In such poems as `Ode to My Sister', `Ode of Broken Loyalty', `Ode to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911214069
SKU
V9781911214069
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About Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco, educated at Stanford and Columbia universities, and has lived for numerous years in New York City. Her books have won many awards over the years. Her last collection, Stag's Leap, won the T.S. Eliot Prize and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews for Odes
Olds's descriptive gift is like a fire hose of frankness...undeniably powerful.
Jeremy Noel-Tod
Sunday Times
Olds's inspired new collection alerts us to taboos we barely think about ordinarily...These odes, because they illuminate what it is to live inside a body and survive its outrages, are useful - and beautiful too.
Kate Kellaway
... Read more
Jeremy Noel-Tod
Sunday Times
Olds's inspired new collection alerts us to taboos we barely think about ordinarily...These odes, because they illuminate what it is to live inside a body and survive its outrages, are useful - and beautiful too.
Kate Kellaway
... Read more