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Fredy Neptune by Les A. Murray
Category: Poetry
A riveting, beautiful novel in verse by Australia's greatest contemporary poet, winner of the 1996 T. S. Eliot Prize. I never learned the old top ropes, I was always in steam. Less capstan, less climbing, more re-stowing cargo. Which could be hard and slowas farming- but to say Why this is Valparaiso ...Show more
Learning Human - New Selected Poems by Les A. Murray
Category: Gift | Series: Poetry Pleiade Ser.
The poems in Learning Human represent the range of Murray's development in narrative, lyric and satirical modes. All of his best-loved early poems are included, along with the remarkable work of recent years.
Selected Poems by Les A. Murray (Editor)
Category: Poetry
This is the first port of call for anyone wanting to experience the poetry of Les Murray. Completely up to date, it contains Murray's finest work (excluding Fredy Neptune), selected by the poet himself. This beautifully designed edition is also the perfect gift for someone wanting an introduction to Aus ...Show more
The Biplane Houses by Les A. Murray
Category: Poetry
Les Murray' s first new book since "Poems the Size of Photographs "(2002) finds him at his near-miraculous best. Where that book and the book-length poem "Fredy Neptune "(1999) were animated by Murray' s choice of a single mode of approach (the short poem, the modern epic), this one calls on his ability ...Show more
The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse by Les A. Murray (Selected by)
Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford Books of Verse Ser.
Selected by one of the world's leading poets, The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse has been acclaimed by critics such as Helen Gardner and Peter Porter as the finest anthology of its kind. It surveys the best and most characterful Australian poetry from the Dreamtime to the mid-1990s.For this new edi ...Show more
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