Undying: A Love Story (Main)
Michel Faber
(Author)
Description
How can you say goodbye to the love of your life?
In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a six-year battle with cancer. Bright, tragic and candid, these poems are an exceptional chronicle of what it means to find the love of your life. And what it is like to have to say goodbye.
All I can do, in what remains of my brief time,
is mention, to whoever cares to listen,
that a woman once existed, who was kind
and beautiful and brave, and I will not forget
how the world was altered, beyond recognition,
when we met.
Product Details
Price
$22.00
$20.46
Publisher
Canongate Books
Publish Date
July 07, 2016
Pages
144
Dimensions
5.6 X 0.7 X 8.5 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781782118541
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About the Author
Michel Faber has written nine other books. In addition to the Whitbread-shortlisted Under the Skin, he is the author of the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, and most recently The Book of Strange New Things, which was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2015. Born in Holland, brought up in Australia, he now lives in the UK. This is his first poetry collection.
Reviews
A painful little treasure--Christopher Brookmyre
Beautiful and deeply moving . . . a story of courage and the persistence of hope even in the darkest times--Allan Massie "Scotsman "
Michel Faber addressed these love poems to his wife after her death. They are lucid, tender and wise, and they pulse with this fine writer's intelligence--Ian McEwan
I was touched by the spirit of these poems, their vulnerably sober and steady way of addressing grief--Christopher Reid
Searing yet beautiful--Richard Holloway
Reflecting on life and love and death . . . this is a very powerful collection . . . incredibly rich--Cathy Rentzenbrink "Monocle "
Heart-breaking, tender, intimate, harrowing . . . this is a stunning testimony to love--Mary Costello
Beautiful and deeply moving . . . a story of courage and the persistence of hope even in the darkest times--Allan Massie "Scotsman "
Michel Faber addressed these love poems to his wife after her death. They are lucid, tender and wise, and they pulse with this fine writer's intelligence--Ian McEwan
I was touched by the spirit of these poems, their vulnerably sober and steady way of addressing grief--Christopher Reid
Searing yet beautiful--Richard Holloway
Reflecting on life and love and death . . . this is a very powerful collection . . . incredibly rich--Cathy Rentzenbrink "Monocle "
Heart-breaking, tender, intimate, harrowing . . . this is a stunning testimony to love--Mary Costello
