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Overview"The carefully modulated surface of Stuart Payne's poems belies the intriguing, startling and thought-provoking depths of thought and perception. Such deliberate tensioning between the obvious and the hidden allows him to craft finely judged poems that reward rereading. Whether evoking the touch of the sun or the sound of an old tape recording, his universe is both vivid and uncertain as past, present and future are considered and reconsidered, and the distance between minds is sensed and explored. The distinctive atmosphere of Voices from Another Room is elegiac and nostalgic, the occasional emotional use of rhyme recalling Auden. The sense of a lived life is moving with loss and absence the major themes. Payne can also tell a story and paint a picture, the South African landscape occasionally opening out into a Mediterranean vision, while never losing sight of an ironic detail, as when ""a cat... kneads a lap"". This is an original voice in South African verse, and readers will want to keep his book within reach, ""to recreate a world of missing words"". -TONY VOSS" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stuart PaynePublisher: Uhlanga Imprint: Uhlanga Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.086kg ISBN: 9780620812269ISBN 10: 0620812265 Pages: 72 Publication Date: 23 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |