Running Late - Softcover

Abse, Dannie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091796970 ISBN 13: 9780091796976

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2006

A major new volume from one of Britain’s best known poets whose distinction lies in his responses to a variety of different worlds: his work as a doctor, the experience of life in Wales and London, the mysterious nature of creativity, the Jewish and bardic traditions.

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About the Author:

Dannie Abse was for many years a chest specialist in a London teaching hospital. A poet, reviewer and playwright, he has written and edited more than fifteen books of poetry, as well as books about medicine and also fiction. He is the author of Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve and several autobiographical volumes, including Goodbye, Twentieth Century, which was published in 2001 to critical acclaim. He died, at the age of 91, in September 2014.

Review:

"Abse's poems are filled with wonder. He remains one of our few great poets of married love" -- Elaine Feinstein * The Times * "His best work in a long life of brilliant writing" -- Maggie Gee * New Statesman * "This marvellous book of poetry" -- William Oxley * London Magazine * "This is a poet writing at the height of his powers" -- Tony Curtis * The Planet * "These poems are brilliant, savage, witty - the work of an old master" -- Stoddart Martin * Jewish Chronicle *

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