| Imagining Alexandria Contributor(s): de Bernieres, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846557437 ISBN-13: 9781846557439 Publisher: Harvill Secker OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.92 |
| LCCN: 2014431696 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.45 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A gift book of poems from the author of "Corelli's Mandolin," Louis de Bernieres, beautifully illustrated with line drawings Poetry was Louis de Bernieres first literary love and" Imagining Alexandria" is his debut poetry collection. Here the author returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always traveled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic, and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, and music." |