'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: 2022-03-17CITY: 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
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: 2022-03-17CITY: 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.
Extremely helpful - hundreds of topics covered.
2 Examples:
- Consider everything already broken.
Everything breaks, even rocks eventually become sand. So don't stress about it when somethings breaks! You knew it was going to happen!
- Beware of the mushroom effect of your thoughts. (She probably thinks this now. She's probably telling everybody. Now, this person will... etc)
Onheilspellende dinge op Rustenvrede wanneer die Pretpark na die dorp kom
Nog ’n Jaco Jacobs boek wat die toets van tyd deurstaan het en nou in ’n splinternuwe baadjie op die rakke is, is Pretpark. Teen alle verwagtinge in, kom ’n pretpark na die dorpie, Rustenvrede. “Al wat ooit op dié dorp aangaan, is die straatligte.” (p.5) Dit is die oorwoë mening van Anton, een van die drie hoofkarakters in die verhaal.
Die pretpark word bestuur deur Madame Zelda, en dit is spoedig duidelik dat daar ’n gevaarlike slang in die gras is. Wat volg is ’n baie spannende verhaal wat weer duidelik illustreer waarom Jaco Jacobs een van ons voorste skrywers is vir jong lesers. Die verbeeldingrykheid, en ja, grillerigheid, het geen perke nie. Ek wonder of kinders goed slaap nadat hulle ’n boek soos hierdie gelees het? Die nagmerries, hoofpyne, uitputting, selfs gebreekte naels en ‘n onverklaarde gebreekte arm – alles dinge wat manifesteer by kinders wat paaie kruis met die betrokke pretpark en spesifiek met Madame Zelda en haar swart kraai. Selfs volwassenes word gehipnotiseer en afgepers.
Pretpark, soos die ander titels in die reeks, naamlik Duister maan en Harlekyn, word uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball uitgewers
As jy een van die mense is met ’n vrees vir narre, sal ek voorstel dat jy eerder verby hou. Jaco Jacobs het my behoorlik bang geskryf met Harlekyn, wat nou spog met ’n splinternuwe baadjie.
Werner het ’n slegte skrik gekry by die sirkus toe het ses jaar oud was. Sederdien is hy baie bang vir hansworse. Soveel so dat hy nagmerries kry daarvan. Wanneer sy irriterende suster ’n antieke nar in ’n houtdosie koop en huis toe bring, begin vreemde en vreesaanjaende dinge gebeur. Dit help ook nie dat ’n oom wat speelgoed herstel, vertel van ’n ene Roberto Collodi wat die gesogte pop gemaak het, terwyl hy eintlik ’n moordenaar was nie.
Dit het my laat dink aan skrywer, Carlo Collodi, wat vir Geppeto geskep het, wat op sy beurt vir Pinochio gemaak het. Gelukkig was dit ’n baie minder geweldadige storie.
Die storie was aanvanklik ’n vervolgverhaal in ’n dagblad en het in 2010 in boekvorm verskyn. Die 2025 weergawe is uitgegee deur Human & Rousseau, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. Dit is geskik vir selfstandige lesers van ongeveer 9 tot 12 jaar, wat dapper genoeg is om ’n bose nar te trotseer.
