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Swift
Jennie Feldman
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Description for Swift
Paperback. Buoyed by music as well as water, notably the Aegean Sea and the rare rains of the eastern Mediterranean, this title includes poems that combine delicacy and vigour in their pursuit of an elusive equilibrium. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116. 72 pages. Buoyed by music as well as water, notably the Aegean Sea and the rare rains of the eastern Mediterranean, this title includes poems that combine delicacy and vigour in their pursuit of an elusive equilibrium. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 7. Weight: 116.
In Jennie Feldman's second collection, the earth-shy bird of the title flies high above the territorial rivalries of its region. From the Middle East, "Swift" ranges across Europe to Scotland, always on the lookout for what coheres in the world and its telling encounters - with a Greek beekeeper, a cello maestro, lone figures on society's margins, the Latin poet Lucretius in an East Jerusalem cafe. Buoyed by music as well as water, notably the Aegean Sea and the rare rains of the eastern Mediterranean, these poems combine delicacy and vigour in their pursuit of an elusive equilibrium.
In Jennie Feldman's second collection, the earth-shy bird of the title flies high above the territorial rivalries of its region. From the Middle East, "Swift" ranges across Europe to Scotland, always on the lookout for what coheres in the world and its telling encounters - with a Greek beekeeper, a cello maestro, lone figures on society's margins, the Latin poet Lucretius in an East Jerusalem cafe. Buoyed by music as well as water, notably the Aegean Sea and the rare rains of the eastern Mediterranean, these poems combine delicacy and vigour in their pursuit of an elusive equilibrium.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856464430
SKU
V9780856464430
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About Jennie Feldman
Jennie Feldman was born in South Africa, grew up in London and graduated from Oxford, where she studied French. A Hawthornden Fellow, she lives in Jerusalem and Oxford. Her first collection, 'The Lost Notebook', was also published by Anvil, as were her translations from Jacques Reda, 'Treading Lightly: Selected Poems 1961-1975', and the bilingual anthology 'Into the Deep Street: Seven ... Read more
Reviews for Swift
'In times and in places of casual, idle and very deliberate forgetting, these poems, so precise, sharp, sensuously present, answer back by remembering. They carry out their own injunction: "keep the small integrities / pass them on."' David Constantine 'a complex, subtle poet - Feldman treats the writing of poetry with respect, producing skilfully crafted poems ... Read more