Slow Air: Poems
by Robertson, Robin
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0330488805
- ISBN 13
- 9780330488808
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Synopsis
Strongly rooted in the wonders of the natural world, this collection of poems strikes a balance along the mind's boundaries, looking outward and inward. Combining a cool gaze with a precise clarity of expression, the verse is muscular and delicate, spare and musical. From "that net of birds / that moves / unloosened / under bridges at dusk" to "the sea / wrecking itself against the rocks," Robertson is a master of evocative depiction. Filled with an irrepressible zest for life, he traces the arc of loss, the search for grace, and the radiance and shadows of life with a subtlety that is at once exhilarating and sensual.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021391
- Title
- Slow Air: Poems
- Author
- Robertson, Robin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- British First
- ISBN 10
- 0330488805
- ISBN 13
- 9780330488808
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- British Poetry
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