Publication

1993 - Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing2037266
  • Goodreads2702339

Classifications

  • DDC821/.914
  • LCCPR6068.U6 T48 1993

Description

"Carol Rumens confronts the personal with the political in poems which are remarkable for their imaginative daring and their engagement with other lives. Often set against the background of Eastern Europe, Russia or her present home in Northern Ireland, they are filled with a powerful sense of loss and exile. She draws on a wide variety of characters and voices to dramatise the realities of suffering and persecution, or to write direct, honest accounts of love, separation, death and displacement."--BOOK JACKET. "Thinking of Skins includes poems from several books Carol Rumens has published during the past 20 years, as well as a large selection of new work. It draws on collections now regarded as landmarks in modern poetry, such as Unplayed Music (1981), Star Whisper (1983), Direct Dialling (1985) and From Berlin to Heaven (1989)."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Thinking of skins: new & selected poemsBloodaxe Books1993-01-01

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