Philip Larkin Poems
Selected by Martin Amis
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, Poetry
| Author: | Philip Larkin | ISBN: | 9780571271764 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber | Publication: | April 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber | Language: | English |
| Author: | Philip Larkin |
| ISBN: | 9780571271764 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Publication: | April 5, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Language: | English |
For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis.
'Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? Who else takes us, and takes us so often, from sunlit levity to mellifluous gloom?... Larkin, often, is more than memorable: he is instantly unforgettable.' - Martin Amis
For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis.
'Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? Who else takes us, and takes us so often, from sunlit levity to mellifluous gloom?... Larkin, often, is more than memorable: he is instantly unforgettable.' - Martin Amis
