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81 Austerities Paperback – 2 Aug 2012

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Faber & Faber; Main edition (2 Aug. 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571289037
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571289035
  • Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 0.8 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 341,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The spectre of the creative writing industry, and its commodification of poetry, looms large. One of the disturbing and brilliant things about Riviere is that he is simultaneously a product of this world and exactly the scabrous heretic it needs. (David Wheatley Poetry London)

81 Austerities has a wry, sardonic touch, with, however, an underlying power that signals a gifted new voice. (Edna O'Brien Guardian, Books of the Year)

Tirelessly self-aware, conjuring an uncomfortable tension between actual and virtual communication, this is a quiet and powerful debut. (Megan Walsh The Times, Books of the Year)

If you want to know what new things poetry can do, you'll find this an exhilaratingly authentic way to confront the inauthentic, both in ourselves and in society. (Ruth Padel Guardian)

A brilliantly modern vision of boredom and deprivation. (Dazed & Confused)

A collection that thrives on teasing convention, whether of form, technique or subject matter. (Spectator)

'Self-reference may be part of the course for contemporary poets, but Riviere's has taken his engagement with the modern world beyond posing and into formal experimentation. (Ellen E Jones Independent)

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81 Austerities is the dizzying debut collection from Sam Riviere, an exciting new voice on the Faber poetry list.

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5.0 out of 5 starsbeautiful. The originality of his approach leads to the ...
By Lupo Gillespie on 17 July 2014
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Exciting. Of the minute. Narky and subversive. Sam Reviere takes a trawl through various internet porn sights, chat rooms, drunken breakfasts and creepy, sadomasochistic theme parks and comes out with poetry. Poetry that is often, but not always, beautiful. The originality of his approach leads to the interesting take on modernity since Baudelaire. Sam Reviere will become a great poet if he keeps his feet glued to the pavement and his dirty fingers away from Kim Kardashien's curves.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThought provoking
By Miss Zoe V Collins on 28 Nov. 2012
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A really interesting and thought provoking read. A great collection of contemporary poems by a promising young poet. Well done Mr Riviere.
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I would not recommend it. I just don't like his stuff. I've read it twice.
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