Selected Poems (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Cover protected with plastic sleeve. Minor wear around the cover. Internally sound; clean and bright copy.
From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Selected Poems, a luminous gathering of verse that charts the inner and outer landscapes of a life lived between cultures, memories, and languages. David Malouf, whose prose fiction has long been acclaimed for its lyrical precision, proves himself an equally masterful poet — conjuring Brisbane's subtropical heat, the ancient textures of Europe, and the quiet drama of consciousness with startling economy and grace. These poems stand as a testament to Malouf's singular gift for transfiguring the ordinary into the transcendent, threading themes of exile, belonging, mortality, and the fragile negotiations between self and place through every stanza. His verse is spare yet richly weighted, each line carefully measured to carry the full emotional freight of a world perpetually reimagined. Ideal for those who have followed Malouf's celebrated novels or those encountering his work for the first time, Selected Poems leaves the reader with the unmistakable sense of a mind that sees — and illuminates — what others merely glance past. A signed copy makes this edition all the more remarkable.
Author: David Malouf
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Angus & Robertson Publishers
Genre: Poetry
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Cover protected with plastic sleeve. Minor wear around the cover. Internally sound; clean and bright copy.
From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Selected Poems, a luminous gathering of verse that charts the inner and outer landscapes of a life lived between cultures, memories, and languages. David Malouf, whose prose fiction has long been acclaimed for its lyrical precision, proves himself an equally masterful poet — conjuring Brisbane's subtropical heat, the ancient textures of Europe, and the quiet drama of consciousness with startling economy and grace. These poems stand as a testament to Malouf's singular gift for transfiguring the ordinary into the transcendent, threading themes of exile, belonging, mortality, and the fragile negotiations between self and place through every stanza. His verse is spare yet richly weighted, each line carefully measured to carry the full emotional freight of a world perpetually reimagined. Ideal for those who have followed Malouf's celebrated novels or those encountering his work for the first time, Selected Poems leaves the reader with the unmistakable sense of a mind that sees — and illuminates — what others merely glance past. A signed copy makes this edition all the more remarkable.