{"product_id":"swithering-paperback","title":"Swithering - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo swither means to suffer indecision or doubt, but there is no faltering in these poems; any uncertainty is not in the lines or the sounds or the images, but only in the themes of flux and change and transformation that thread their way through this powerful third collection. Robin Robertson has written a book of remarkable cohesion and range that calls on his knowledge of folklore and myth to fuse the old ways with the new. From raw, exposed poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the end of desire, from a brilliant retelling of the metamorphosis and death of Actaeon to the final freeing of the waters in Holding Proteus, these are close examinations of nature--of the bright epiphanies of passion and loss.\u003cbr\u003eAt times sombre, at times exultant, Robertson's poems are always firmly rooted in the world we see, the life we experience: original, precise, and startlingly clear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genius of this Scots poet is for finding the sensually charged moment - in a raked northern seascape, in a sexual or gustatory encounter - and depicting it in language that is simultaneously spare and ample. -- The New Yorker \u003cbr\u003eTo swither means to suffer indecision or doubt, but there is no faltering in these poems. Robin Robertson has written a book of remarkable cohesion and range-- from raw, exposed poems about the end of childhood to erotically charged lyrics about the ends of desire, from a brilliant re-telling of the metamorphosis and death of Actaeon to the final freeing of the waters in Holding Proteus. At times somber, at times exultant, Robertson's poems are always firmly rooted in the world we see, the life we experience: original, precise, and startlingly clear. \u003cbr\u003eRobin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland, and now lives in London. His poetry appears regularly in the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has published two previous books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Painted Field\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlow Air\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2004 he received the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. \u003ci\u003eSwithering\u003c\/i\u003e has been shortlisted for the 2006 T.S. Eliot Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.02 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762743869728,"sku":"9780156031998","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1e98c1a1bdd9215d3aaaa1499a093750.webp?v=1780224966","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/swithering-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}