In these forty-two poems, Robin Robertson demonstrates an astonishing range of style and concerns, in a voice that is utterly original. Whether he is rendering a dramatic new version of Ovid (The Flaying of Marsyas) or celebrating the ambiguous pleasures of food (Artichoke), Robertson's poetry is always lucid, sensuous, and compelling. These are poems that speak of the wounds of memory, the implacable coupling of desire and loss, the fugitive nature of things. Elegant and profound, A Painted Field has proved a stunning debut.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: 04/06/1999
ISBN: 9780156006477
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 7.91h x 5.27w x 0.33d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 07/13/2006 pg. 44