Sonnets for Albert

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Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection. In this follow-up, he weighs the impact of being the son of an absent, or mostly absent father, in poems that, though they threaten to break under the weight of their emotions, are always masterfully poised as the stylish man they depict.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022With Sonnets for Albert, Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. In this follow-up, he weighs the impact of being the son of an absent, or mostly absent, father, Though these poems threaten to break under the weight of their emotions, they are always masterfully poised as the stylish man they depict.

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Weight 122 g
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.3 cm
Author

Publisher

Bloomsbury Poetry
Imprint

Cover

Paperback
Pages

95
Language

English
Edition
Dewey

821.92 (edition:23)
Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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