- Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Great britain, poetry, Literary collections
"Over the past three years Alice Oswald has been recording conversations with people who live and work on the River Dart in Devon. Using these records and voices as a sort of poetic census, she creates a narrative of the river, tracking its life from source to sea.
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Prestige, contemplative, character-led and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Alice Oswald
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Faber, Faber and Faber
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571214105
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