'A source of uncompromising elemental warmth' Ali SmithBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment.Dearly is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour.BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES
CONTRIBUTORS: Margaret AtwoodEAN: 9781529113280COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 130 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: POETRY / Canadian / General, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Women AuthorsWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
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Relating to the stages of life, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Poetry by individual poets, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Here we see Atwood at the height of her poetic powers, A poignant yet playful collection of verse, about endings and departures, it is sliced with clever, sharp humour, This collection of poems is a reckoning with the past that comes from a place of wisdom and control . . . You can almost hear her speaking voice, see the twinkle in her eye . . . wonderfully observed, Atwood's first poetry collection in over a decade is intimate, lingering delicately between the human and the natural, and this world and the next, She's become world famous for The Handmaid's Tale, and jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize for The Testaments, but Canadian author Margaret Atwood was once better known as a poet . . . this new volume brings together some of her favourite themes, from zombies, werewolves and aliens, to the passage of time and the most pressing political issues of the day
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. She established herself as a poet in the 1960s and has published sixteen books of poems, most recently The Door in 2007. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, went back into the bestseller charts in 2017, when the Handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the release of the award-winning Channel 4 TV series. Its sequel, The Testaments, was published in 2019 and was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
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'A source of uncompromising elemental warmth' Ali SmithBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment.Dearly is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour.BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES
CONTRIBUTORS: Margaret AtwoodEAN: 9781529113280COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 130 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: POETRY / Canadian / General, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Women AuthorsWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Relating to the stages of life, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Poetry by individual poets, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. She established herself as a poet in the 1960s and has published sixteen books of poems, most recently The Door in 2007. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, went back into the bestseller charts in 2017, when the Handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the release of the award-winning Channel 4 TV series. Its sequel, The Testaments, was published in 2019 and was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
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A fantastic book. The moment I started reading I was pulled into a gripping storyline that constantly had me on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t put it down even for a moment.
As daar nou al ooit ’n onwaarskynlike liefde geskets is in ’n romanse, is dit die verhouding tussen Danika en Dewald. Dit kon skaars slegter begin, met sy ondeurdagte opmerking by die begrafnis van Danika se man. Maar dit is sy grysblou oë, en nie net die beskuldiging wat hy uitgespreek het nie, wat haar ry.
Die storielyn fokus sterk op skuld, aanspreeklikheid en die invloed van ander se oordeel oor situasies. Mens kan kers opsteek by Dewald, met sy nugtere uitkyk. Dit was egter juis sy geneigdheid om jammer te kry en te vergoed vir onreg, wat ’n tydelike wig tussen hulle ingedryf het.
Ek het nog nooit die voorreg van ’n ski-vakansie gehad nie, daarom het ek dit baie geniet saam met Danika en haar familie. Net genoeg inligting om die storielyn te ondersteun en Danika se vertwyfeling finaal stop te sit.
Ek het vinnig weer gekyk na hierdie skrywer se vorige twee Romanzas, Om die sterre te raak, en Waag en wen, en ek voel daar is ’n duidelike groei in haar skryfstyl. Onvoorwaardelike liefde verdien ’n ekstra ster van my kant af.
Die Romanza in die Moderne subgenre, is uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers.
In onlangse Romanzas was daar ’n paar boere waaroor lesers en heldinne geswymel het. Malene Breytenbach skryf toe ook ’n boer in haar nuwe Romanza in, maar met die verskil dat hierdie boer die skurk is. ’n Angswekkende en afstootlike teisteraar wat vir Kira Louw noop om ’n pos as verpleegster op ’n luukste passasierskip te aanvaar in ’n poging om van hom ontslae te raak.
Dit bring dan ook die ware held in die prentjie, die aantreklike skeepsdokter, Albert Dorell. Struikelblokke is ’n gegewe in die romanse genre, maar die skrywer vermy een wat alte dikwels opduik, naamlik ’n held wat vooraf besluit het, om welke rede ookal, dat hy nie gaan trou nie. Sy kom met ’n vars invalshoek, naamlik die vereiste dat ’n vrou vir Albert moet kan aanpas by ’n gegoede en tradisievaste familie op Malta. Anders as sy pa en sy voormalige Suid-Afrikaanse vrou, wie se huwelik nie die toets deurstaan het nie.
Die feit dat aantreklike mans en vrouens gewoonlik té veel aandag kry van die teenoorgestelde geslag, maak ook telkens deel uit van die storielyn van Seenimf en die skeepsdokter. Die skip en die bedrywighede dien as agtergrond, maar oorheers nie die storielyn nie. ’n Oulike ekstra is die pittige karakter, Lee-Anne in wie Kira ’n bondgenoot vind. “Jy’t nie vir my koebaai gesê nie, toe’s ek nogal aangevat in my binneste, jy weet.” (p.106) Ek het vir Lee-Anne baie geniet, so ook die storie as geheel. Daar was oorgenoeg onverwagte wendings om die aandag te behou, alvorens die uiteindelike gelukkige einde aanmeld.
Haar voorneme om nie weer betrokke te raak nie, swig voor 'n aantreklike boer
’n Jaar nadat haar verlowing misluk het, koop Marguerite van Wyk Die Blou Turksvy, ’n besige winkel op haar grootworddorp, Viljoensvlei. Sy het groot planne om dit uit te brei en vaste voornemens om “eerder kaalvoet oor die naaste berg (te loop) as om ooit weer die gedagte te kry om haar aan ’n man te verbind.” (p. 11)
Op Engels is daar ’n uitdrukking wat lui: famous last words. Dit is wat mens spoedig van haar voorneme kan sê wanneer Bernard Visagie op die toneel verskyn. Die aantrekkingskrag tussen dié twee gee ook aanleiding tot ’n interessante dimensie in die storielyn, want dit word duidelik dat daar ’n vete van meer as dertig jaar bestaan tussen die Van Wyks en die Visagies. Die skrywer hou mens aan die wonder daaroor, terwyl Bernard en Marguerite hulle eie stryd het met hulle gevoelens vir mekaar.
Die oulike titel kom by monde van die einste boer, Bernard: “Miskien gee iemand jou eendag ’n rede om te bly.” (p.117) Die held kry volpunte by my, ’n man uit een stuk, standvastig en met goeie maniere. Die romanse is uitgegee in die sub-genre, Plaas, en het goed daarin geslaag om my aandag te behou. Ek het juis deesdae so ’n swakte vir boere en boere se vrouens!