| Author: | Gwyneth Box | ISBN: | 9780957408456 |
| Publisher: | Tantamount | Publication: | October 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gwyneth Box |
| ISBN: | 9780957408456 |
| Publisher: | Tantamount |
| Publication: | October 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Around the Corner from Hope Street is a contemporary poetry collection by Gwyneth Box, written in English but set in Spain. Illustrated by the graphic artist Lance Tooks, and seen from the point of view of a single female narrator, the poems deal with themes of love, alienation and isolation, recovery and renewal, as well as demonstrating a keen observation of nature and the simple pleasures of daily life.
Read sequentially, the collection reveals a narrative thread, with the poems progressing chronologically over a period of 15 months. The first poem – "On Breaking Up" – establishes a post-relationship setting, while the early pieces go on to show us a melancholy narrator holding on to talismans and mementoes but determined to keep going. Despite the autumnal atmosphere, even these early poems demonstrate a quirky outlook and a degree of optimism from a narrator whose very nature places her "just around the corner from Hope Street".
Around the Corner from Hope Street is a contemporary poetry collection by Gwyneth Box, written in English but set in Spain. Illustrated by the graphic artist Lance Tooks, and seen from the point of view of a single female narrator, the poems deal with themes of love, alienation and isolation, recovery and renewal, as well as demonstrating a keen observation of nature and the simple pleasures of daily life.
Read sequentially, the collection reveals a narrative thread, with the poems progressing chronologically over a period of 15 months. The first poem – "On Breaking Up" – establishes a post-relationship setting, while the early pieces go on to show us a melancholy narrator holding on to talismans and mementoes but determined to keep going. Despite the autumnal atmosphere, even these early poems demonstrate a quirky outlook and a degree of optimism from a narrator whose very nature places her "just around the corner from Hope Street".
