The Presence

by Dannie Abse

Book Overview

WINNER OF THE WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ACKERLY PRIZE.

Several months after the death of poet Dannie Abse's wife, Joan, in a car accident, he began to write a diary which is both a record of present grief and a portrait of a marriage that lasted more than fifty years. It is an extraordinary document, painful but celebratory, funny yet often tragic, bursting with joy as well as sorrow and full of a deep understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099531860
• ISBN13: 9780099531869
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"