After a decade concentrating on his distinctive versions of Italian classics, Peter Hughes moves on to this collection of poetry crystallising out of extended stays in Cambridge and Berlin. Of Peter's previous work Kelvin Corcoran has written: `I turn the new pages and am in bliss with the pertinence and grace of the living language'. John Hall commented: `Read it, in the expectation of any number of lyrical pleasures, for the ear, for the play of line against continuous movement, for its celebration of remembered pleasures, for its good will and for its wit. By this last, I mean a mind in evidence in the poems that can constantly surprise itself in the turns of speech, that can dance in the syllables and still have world and experience in its sights.'

About the Author
Peter Hughes was born in Oxford in 1956. He lived in Italy for several years and continues to find inspiration in Italian literature. He currently lives in Wales. For some years he has run Oystercatcher Press, an imprint which has published over 100 pamphlets of exciting poetry. A Selected Poems was published by Shearsman in 2013. Peter's versions of the complete sonnets of Petrarch were published by Reality Street in 2015, and his versions of Cavalcanti, titled Cavalcanty, were published by Carcanet Press.


Book Information
ISBN 9781848616677
Author Peter Hughes
Format Paperback
Page Count 94
Imprint Shearsman Books
Publisher Shearsman Books
Weight(grams) 132g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm