Lunch in Soho with a former lover - but Zanzotti's is under new management, and as the wine takes effect fond memories give way to something closer to the bone . . .Christopher Reid's poem, which since its first publication has been filmed by the BBC and presented on stage in numerous venues, follows the lunchtime reunion of two long-separated lovers. Every smallest detail is cherished, as step by step the narrative moves towards its tragicomic outcome.
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Lunch in Soho with a former lover - but Zanzotti's is under new management, and as the wine takes effect fond memories give way to something closer to the bone . Every smallest detail is cherished, as step by step the narrative moves towards its tragicomic outcome.
Les mer
Now reissued in the poetry front-list look: Reid's hugely popular narrative poem The Song of Lunch.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780571347735
Publisert
2018-07-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Faber & Faber
Vekt
105 gr
Høyde
199 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
72

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Christopher Reid is the author of a number of books of poems, including A Scattering (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award) and The Song of Lunch (both 2009). From 1991 to 1999 he was Poetry Editor at Faber and Faber, and worked with Ted Hughes on such books as Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He is now a freelance writer and lives in London.