A Bird's Idea of Flight
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
A Bird's Idea of Flight
By (Author) David Harsent
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
26th April 2017
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 128mm, Height 197mm, Spine 7mm
105g
Description
A Bird's Idea of Flight describes a circular journey in a sequence of 25 poems. Twelve poems chart the outward journey, the thirteenth is pivotal, and twelve poems bring the traveller back. The subject of his quest is thanatology; in particular, he is deeply curious about the business of his own death. It is an adventure of discovery and disillusionment, during which the figure of death, as companion, mentor and guide, appears along the way, and in various guises.
Author Bio
David Harsent has published eleven collections of poetry. Night (2011) was a Poetry Book Society Choice, was shortlisted for the Costa, Forward and T. S. Eliot poetry prizes and won the Griffin International Poetry Prize. The most recent, Fire Songs, was published in 2014 and won the T. S. Eliot Prize.
