Review (PDF) The Best 100 Poems Of Les Murray
From his life’s work so far, spanning more than four decades, Les Murray has selected these 100 poems, his personal best. Including classics such as 'The Broad Bean Sermon', 'An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' and 'The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever', this elegant hardback is guaranteed to delight Murray fans and introduce new readers to his work. This is a wonderful gift, and a treasure trove of the best poems ever written in Australia.‘No poet has ever travelled like this, whether in reality or simply in the mind … Seeing the shape or hearing the sound of one thing in another, he finds forms’ —Clive James‘He is, quite simply, the one by whom the language lives.’ —Joseph Brodsky‘There is no poetry in the English language now so rooted in its sacredness, so broadleafed in its pleasures and yet so intimate and conversational.’ —Derek Walcott‘An unequivocal national treasure’ —Melbourne Review‘An outstanding collection.’ —Canberra Times‘This is Murray as he sees himself: the icon in the mirror, not on the stage.’ —AustralianLes Murray lives in Bunyah, near Taree in New South Wales. He has published some thirty books. His work is studied in schools and universities around Australia and has been translated into several foreign languages.
File Size: 341 KB
Print Length: 168 pages
Publisher: Black Inc. (October 24, 2012)
Publication Date: October 24, 2012
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B009V95RZY
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Not Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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I never get sick of les Murray and his work this compilation is a must for any Murray fan a great way to spend time with some quality poetry.
Half of the first letter of each line is truncated on my Kindle Fire (but not on my older Kindle), making the poems impossible to read.
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