A beautiful gift book of poems on the subjects of love and desire by the acclaimed author ofCAPTAIN CORELLIS MANDOLIN. Following the success of his first poetry collection,IMAGINING ALEXANDRIA, Louis de Bernières second collection offers much of the poetry that he has written about love and desire throughout his life, sometimes passionate and romantic, sometimes cynical and angry.

Of Love and Desire is a rich collection of love poems from Louis de Bernieres, written over a lifetime, and capturing its many forms - from rapture, infatuation, urgency, to sorrow, heartache and disillusion. Poetry was de Bernieres' first and greatest literary love, a passion evident in the musicality and emotion of his poems, which are full of stories and the truth of lived experience. This, his second collection, bears the mark of many influences, from the classical Persian poets, to Neruda, to Quintus Smyrnaeus, to Brian Patten.Beautifully illustrated by Donald Sammut, this is an indispensable companion on the lover's journey.

Vorwort
A beautiful gift book of poems on the subjects of love and desire by one of the UK'*s best-loved writers, author of *Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

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 So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams 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

A gift book of poems on the subjects of love and desire, by the author of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin". Published in time for Valentine's Day, with line drawings throughout.

Zusammenfassung
Of Love and Desire is a rich collection of love poems from Louis de Bernières, written over a lifetime, and capturing its many forms â from rapture, infatuation, urgency, to sorrow, heartache and disillusion.