The Egg of Zero

by Philip Gross

The zero at the heart of these poems is not nothing - not simply absence, forgetting or loss, though there are moving elegies among them. This is a not-quite-definable zero that gives surprising edge to life and language round it. Direct, meditative, playful, hyper-alert, Philip Gross's distinctively wide range of tones work together in a subtle, searching new collection that addresses both the mind and heart. These poems explore the spaces that can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852247266
• ISBN13: 9781852247263
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.3"