Description: Further DetailsTitle: UsefulCondition: NewEAN: 9781854111760ISBN: 9781854111760Publisher: SerenFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/15/1997Author: Peter FinchLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1854111760Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Poetry & DramaDescription: Peter Finch's collection, Useful, is marked by all the restless energy, humour and angst that is so characteristic of this compulsively entertaining poet.Among the varied subjects to come under the poet's subversive scrutiny are Modern Art, the Blues, computers, automobiles, ex-wives, recalcitrant children, aged parents, bleak Welsh landscapes, factory workers, writing classes, old shirts and beach stones. His continuing fascination with technique is highlighted in the second half of the collection which includes a short section of visual pieces as well as the elaborate code of 'One of Our Presidents: Six Variations for Tony Conran'.Also here are poems written for particular performances or directly inspired by works of art. A tireless innovator, an astute and frequently very funny observer of culture and society, Peter Finch will win yet more readers over with Useful."Just this side of chaos"Jon Gower"A defiant individualist, restlessly pushing words beyond their given forms and meanings to say new things in new ways about our complicated knife-edge times"Western Mail"... deserves a Welsh Knighthood"Dictionary of the Avant-GardesPeter Finch is a poet, author and critic who lives in Cardiff. He is author of the hugely popular Seren titles Real Cardiff and Real Cardiff Two. His numerous poetry titles include Useful, Poems for Ghosts and Food from Seren, Antibodies from Stride, and Vizet, a selected poems in Hungarian from Kronkét Könyvek. A former publisher and bookseller, he is now Chief Executive of the Welsh Academy, the Welsh Literature Promotion Agency and Society of Writers.Topic: Travel & TransportItem Weight: 115gRelease Year: 1997 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Useful
Title: Useful
EAN: 9781854111760
ISBN: 9781854111760
Release Date: 05/15/1997
Release Year: 1997
ISBN-10: 1854111760
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Useful
Number of Pages: 80 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Seren Books
Publication Year: 1997
Topic: General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.2 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 3.8 Oz
Author: Peter Finch
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 3.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
