- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (12 Sep 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0586092056
- ISBN-13: 978-0586092057
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 360,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Of all modern poets writing today, Brian Patten is perhaps the most accessible and popular. Now his famous collection of love poems, spanning a period of sixteen years, is published in Paladin for the first time.
D. M. Thomas has described Patten's love poetry as 'truthful and tender… The poems write in a very assured way about being diffident and vulnerable', while Charles Causley acclaims him for revealing 'a sensibility profoundly aware of the ever-present possibility of the magical and the miraculous. These are all undiluted poems, beautifully calculated, informed – even in their darkest moments – with courage and hope.'
"He thinks and feels ferociously".
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"A magic ability to turn radiant imagination loose".
THE TIMES
About the Author
Brian Patten was born in Liverpool in 1946 and is now recognised as one of Europe’s leading contemporary poets. His work is translated into many languages worldwide, and his collections (available in Flamingo) include ‘‘Grinning Jack’, ‘Love Poems’, and ‘‘Storm Damage’.
He is also well known for his children’s poetry and novels, and is the editor of the ‘Twentieth Century Book of Children’s Verse’.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this when I was falling in love, I read it when I was IN love, and cried into it when love left me. Every possible action that Love takes is described in line after line of real emotion. Patten is fantastic. If you have ever experienced any contact with love then buy this book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was given to me by a dear friend while visiting te British Isles last summer. I at first only skimmed it, but over the past few days, I've read the entire collection. Patten has found how to express how beautiful and tragic love can be. I highly recommend this book, even if you are not a large fan of poetry. It's absolutely superb.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most wonderful collection of poems I have read because it is full of simplistic beauty and yet is heartrendering too. It is a joy to read and to dip into however I am feeling, especially when I am feeling in need of a pick me up from my own thoughts.
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Brilliant copy
Brilliant copy; arrived the day before the due date and is high quality. A few folded pages but this was thoroughly warned about in the products description.
Published 3 months ago by toydog16r
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I bought this as i had read it whilst still at school. A lovely complilation of poems and worth buying, all easy on the mind. Read more
Published on 16 July 2009 by K. Love
Painfully perceptive
A collection more for the end of love than the beginning. I scoured it for a suitable epigram for a present my partner when we met, and couldn't find one. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2004
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