The title-sequence of David Harsent's new collection of poems, Legion, offers a report from an unnamed war, in which various images of conflict accrue without cohering, as if the reader is locked inside the crisis together with the protagonists. In a series of momentary and abruptly discontinuous images, laconic despatches from a war-zone, a fictional testimony begins to take shape - an array of different voices giving witness to war and the consequences of war. In its formal mastery of the poetic sequence, Legion is a distinguished successor to David Harsent's previous collection, Marriage.

Legion by David Harsent is a distinguished successor to his previous collection, Marriage.

About the Author
David Harsent was born in Devonshire. He has published eight collections of poetry, including a Selected Poems in 1989. His last collection, Marriage, was a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Poetry.

Reviews
"'... surely one of the most exciting poetry collections to appear for some time, and his best book to date' Independent on Sunday"


Awards
Winner of Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection 2005. Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Poetry Category 2005.



Book Information
ISBN 9780571228096
Author David Harsent
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 9mm