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Stray
Amanda Dalton
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Description for Stray
Paperback. 64 pages. Second collection by Amanda Dalton whose first book "How to Disappear" (Bloodaxe Books, 1999), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and chosen as a Next Generation Poets title by the Poetry Book Society in 2004. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 150 x 6. Weight: 110.
"Stray" is a book about strays - human and animal - and about straying. It's about the lost and being lost, searching for home, and it's about the extraordinary places we sometimes discover when we're off the beaten track, deliberately or accidentally off-course. It's sometimes a noun and it's sometimes a verb - almost a command. As Allan's mind strays and roams, he recasts himself as astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He may be lost in space, but he has an amazing time up there! A feral child becomes a dog to find her way back home. Medea fetches up in Sheffield, ... Read more
"Stray" is a book about strays - human and animal - and about straying. It's about the lost and being lost, searching for home, and it's about the extraordinary places we sometimes discover when we're off the beaten track, deliberately or accidentally off-course. It's sometimes a noun and it's sometimes a verb - almost a command. As Allan's mind strays and roams, he recasts himself as astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He may be lost in space, but he has an amazing time up there! A feral child becomes a dog to find her way back home. Medea fetches up in Sheffield, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852248925
SKU
V9781852248925
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About Amanda Dalton
Amanda Dalton is a poet and playwright. Born in Coventry, she was a deputy headteacher for five years. After organising writers' courses for four years for the Arvon Foundation at Lumb Bank, she is now Education Director at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Her first book-length collection, "How to Disappear" (Bloodaxe Books, 1999), was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for ... Read more
Reviews for Stray
'Dark, funny, wise, terrifying. She is searingly matter-of-fact about the most painful recesses of the human heart - She dances round every corner with a grace that many more seasoned writers would die for' - Jo Shapcott. 'Dalton looks in the face of despair and tells its story with unnerving calm' - Sian Hughes, TES. 'She seeks out the fractured ... Read more