The Magic of What's There

by David Morley

In his bold new collection, David Morley, winner of the Ted Hughes Award, casts off the worlds of myth and magical fable to focus on the fiercely personal. "Love teaches you how to mind / And how to mend", he writes in "After a Song by Gustav Mahler". In The Magic of What's There Morley uses his eye for precise detail and his linguistic invention to explore childhood suffering and, in counterbalance, the joys of love, friendship and parenthood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784104949
• ISBN13: 9781784104948
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.4"