{"product_id":"9781925336191","title":"Fragments","description":"Author: Antigone Kefala\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925336191\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntigoneKefala is one of the elders of Australian poetry, highly regarded for theintensity of her vision, yet not widely known, on account of the small numberof poems she has published, each carefully worked, each magical or menacing inits effects. \u003ci\u003eFragments \u003c\/i\u003eis her firstcollection of new poems in almost twenty years, since the publication of \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in 1998, andpossibly her last. It follows her prose work \u003ci\u003eSydney Journals\u003c\/i\u003e (Giramondo, 2008) of which one critic wrote, 'Kefala can render the music of the moment so perfectly, she leavesone almost singing with the pleasure of it'. This skill in capturing the momentis just as evident in \u003ci\u003eFragments\u003c\/i\u003e,though the territory is often darker now, as the poet patrols the liminalspaces between life and death, alert to the energies which lie in wait there.And such energies! \"Up, in the blue depth \/ a bird cut with its wings \/ thelight \/ such silk, that fell \/ and rose, heavily, \/ singing through the air.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntigoneKefala has written four works of fiction, including\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe First Journey,The Island\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/i\u003eand\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eSummer Visit,\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;and four poetrycollections,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe Alien, Thirsty Weather, European Notebook\u003c\/i\u003eand\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eAbsence: New and Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the non-fiction work \u003ci\u003eSydney Journals\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Romania ofGreek parents, she lived in Greece and New Zealand before coming to Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867079692446,"sku":"ADS-9781925336191","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925336191.jpg?v=1779429474","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925336191","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}