Stranger, Baby
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, Poetry, British & Irish
| Author: | Emily Berry | ISBN: | 9780571331338 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber | Publication: | January 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber | Language: | English |
| Author: | Emily Berry |
| ISBN: | 9780571331338 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Publication: | January 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Language: | English |
Emily Berry's Dear Boy was described as a 'blazing debut', winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2013. Stranger, Baby, its follow-up, is marked by the same sense of fantasy and play, estrangement and edgy humour for which she has become known. But these poems delve deeper again, in their off-kilter and often painful encounter with childhood loss. This is a book of mourning, recrimination, exhilaration and 'oceanic feeling': 'A meditation on a want that can never be answered.'
Emily Berry's Dear Boy was described as a 'blazing debut', winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2013. Stranger, Baby, its follow-up, is marked by the same sense of fantasy and play, estrangement and edgy humour for which she has become known. But these poems delve deeper again, in their off-kilter and often painful encounter with childhood loss. This is a book of mourning, recrimination, exhilaration and 'oceanic feeling': 'A meditation on a want that can never be answered.'
