Book Review
- Title:
- This Barking Thing
- Author:
- Suzanne Batty
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Publishing Details:
- Bloodaxe, 2007
ISBN: 978 1 85224 772 0
- Description:
- bold, flamboyant, risky poems which come from left field and Manchester, mixing dogs and people, mean streets and threats from inside. In her first book-length collection, "The Barking Thing", the real and unreal are deliberately confused. The book creates a fantastical landscape in which actual experience can be transformed through archetypes and fairytales, urban myths and nightmares. The poems chart a journey from mental anguish to spiritual joy - and back again. The writing balances on a sharp edge between sanity and madness, between meaning and insignificance, with a dark humour and a tight grip on life. And through it all there is the wisdom of dog - a spiritual mentor who cocks a leg at doubt and despair (Amazon)
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