Legion
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
Legion
By (Author) David Harsent
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st September 2005
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.914
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 2005
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 9mm
120g
Description
In a series of momentary and abruptly discontinuous images, laconic despatches from a warzone, a fictional testimony begins to take shape - an array of different voices giving witness to war and the consequences of war. In its formal mastery of the poetic sequence, Legion is a distinguished successor to David Harsent's previous collection, Marriage.
Reviews
"'... surely one of the most exciting poetry collections to appear for some time, and his best book to date' Independent on Sunday"
Author Bio
David Harsent was born in Devonshire. He has published seven collections of poetry: Selected Poems appeared in 1989. His recent collection, A Bird's Idea of Flight, was a Poetry Book Society Choice.
