Waterstones New & Collected Poems
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Description: George Szirtes came to Britain as an eight-year-old refugee after the Hungarian Uprising in 1956. Educated in England, he trained as a painter, and has always written in English. This comprehensive retrospective of his work covers poetry from over a dozen collections written over four decades, with a substantial gathering of new poems. It is published on his 60th birthday at the same time as the first critical study of his work, Reading George Szirtes by John Sears. Haunted by his family's knowledge and experience of war, occupation and the Holocaust, as well as by loss, danger and exile, all of Szirtes' poetry covers universal themes: love, desire and illusion; loyalty and betrayal; history, art and memory; and, humanity and truth. Throughout his work there is a conflict between two states of mind, the possibility of happiness and apprehension of disaster. These are played out especially in his celebrated long poems and extended sequences, The Photographer in Winter, Metro, The Courtyards, An English Apocalypse and Reel, all included here. Waterstones New & Collected Poems - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: helenbonney
Rating: 5
Review: A great poet
Author: Peter Ryley
Rating: 5
Review: This collection is written by a poet who grew up in England though is Hungarian in origin. The poems have the sparkling brightness of Englishness, the sense of delight in the ordinary, but they are not wholly English. The light casts shadows, and the shadows are Central European, from some of the darkest corners of European history. Metro is one of the finest, most personal meditations on that history I have ever read. The poetry is intelligent, deeply humane, insightful and, most importantly, beautiful. Each demands thought, leading you into a world illuminated by extraordinary powers of observation. It is a delight; loving but haunted. Szirtes is a significant poet.
