Imagining Alexandria

Informationen zum Autor Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin , which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are The Dust That Falls From Dreams, So Much Life Left Over and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels , the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef . Klappentext Poetry was Louis de Bernières first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli s Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernières was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, and music. "Love dominates.we are told the truth about love - even when it is awkward or lacking.the rum enthusiasm fuelling this collection endears it to the reader" -- Kate Kellaway Guardian "Direct, evocative, erotic and tinged with sadness. What more should poetry be?" Telegraph "Delightful" -- Suzi Feay Independent on Sunday "Today the culture of Greece may be facing a new crisis, but many will welcome de Bernieres's revisiting of the "miracle period" -- Margaret Reynold The Times Zusammenfassung Poetry was Louis de Bernièresâ™ first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection.

Vorwort
A gift book of poems from author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernières, beautifully illustrated with line drawings

Autorentext

Louis de Bernières is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are **The Dust That Falls From Dreams, So Much Life Left Over and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.

Klappentext

Poetry was Louis de Bernières first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli s Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction.

De Bernières was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet.

Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, and music.

Zusammenfassung
Poetry was Louis de Bernières' first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection.