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- a weird blend of something savage and a bit surreal with a hard, fine conscientious realism - wrote Ted Hughes in the introduction to this book. He wrote the introduction in 1970 but the book only appeared in 2010 following the publication of some of the poems in St. Botolph's Review 2 in 2001. The poems should have been published much earlier, but the author died in 1969 and for various reasons the work lay dormant. We are glad that her poems and extracts from her journals have finally seen publication.
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Susan Alliston was born in London in 1937. She trained as a secretary, finding work at Faber and Faber but also working as a reader for other publishers, including Penguin. She was working on a book for Faber about Tunisia when she became ill with Hodgkin's disease, dying in London in 1969. This is her only book.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I am biased as the author of this book was my cousin!Not usually very keen on poetry, but think hers are great.
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A fascinating read!
27 Mar 2011
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Susan Alliston is a person of interest for those who are fans of either Sylvia Plath or Ted Hughes, or both (as I am). She was the woman who Ted was staying with during the weekend of Sylvia's suicide, and she is featured in his recently-discovered poem "Last Letter" which describes that weekend, along with several other of his poems. She was also a poet who rarely showed her work to anyone. When she did, as Ted describes in his introduction, it was an exciting event. The poem in question was "Samurai" and it is one of my favorites in the book. Fellow Plath/Hughes fans will find in her journal entries a welcome witness into the social life of Ted Hughes, who was a good friend. If anything, the journals are probably the biggest reason to buy this book, but for me, "Samurai" was my reason.
Overall, the poems were hit-and-miss but enjoyable nevertheless. The journals provide a glimpse into the life of a woman who passed away too soon and still had much to give to the world. This was well worth purchasing, and deserves a place among your copies of Ted & Sylvia's work and their biographies.
Overall, the poems were hit-and-miss but enjoyable nevertheless. The journals provide a glimpse into the life of a woman who passed away too soon and still had much to give to the world. This was well worth purchasing, and deserves a place among your copies of Ted & Sylvia's work and their biographies.
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