In the Half Light of a Dying Day
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
In the Half Light of a Dying Day
By (Author) C. K. Stead
Auckland University Press
Auckland University Press
11th July 2024
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
92
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 7mm
Description
An old friend, a new character C. K. Stead is scribe to love and grief in this beautiful new collection. In two sequences the poet plays with the lines of history and love, the fictional and the autobiographical. Reflecting on a long career and familiar faces, the first sequence walks the reader from classical Rome to contemporary Aotearoa. Then in the shade of Parnell begins a tender address to a new character, Kezia, lover and friend just lost. Lyrical and deeply moving, In the Half Light of a Dying Day is a late-career masterpiece.
Reviews
Small in scale, it is majestic in feeling. This is a work of great lyrical beauty and emotional depth. Anna Jackson
Author Bio
C. K. Stead is an award-winning novelist, literary critic, poet, essayist and emeritus professor of English at the University of Auckland. He was the New Zealand Poet Laureate from 20152017, has won the Prime Ministers Award for Fiction and is a Member of the Order of New Zealand.
