Dammtor
Dammtor is the old city gate and now the centre of ground transport for the great port of Hamburg. In James Sheard's second collection it is a 'station for midnights, hitched up on stone legs, hollow with sunken light' - a hub for the damaged and deracinated. These precise, wounded poems draw the reader through this desolate landscape - through sexual longing, sexual violence, bereavement and the beginning of hope through the birth of a son.Dammtor restlessly narrates the condition of maleness, looking for truth and music in a voice which is both urgent and unadorned. The poems are spoken in solitary places - late-night stations, hotel lobbie…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-224-09073-5
- EAN: 9780224090735
- Produktnummer: 14593590
- Verlag: Vintage Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.9 cm x D0.7 cm 98 g
- Gewicht: 98
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
James Sheard was born in Cyprus in 1962, and spent his childhood abroad, mainly in Singapore and Germany. As an adult, he spent periods living in Hamburg and Helsinki. His debut collection, Scattering Eva, was shortlisted for the 2005 Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Glen Dimplex Award for Poetry. Dammtor was published in 2010. He lives in mid-Wales and lectures at Keele University.
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