Piano in the Dark

Seagull Books London Ltd

Poetry from an especially deft magician of words.\n  This latest book of wonders from Nancy Naomi Carlson fixes upon one of the few defenses we have to confront the body\u2019s betrayals\u2014our words. Though in the end, even the world\u2019s last word \u201Cforgets its name . . . has no word for this forgetting.\u201D At once vulnerable and open, tempered and tempted equally by the erotic and the empathic, such dualities limn these affectingly beautiful and lyrical poems. Carlson\u2019s lines, entreating as Scheherazade, \u201Cweave chords / into tales within tales, whirlpools within seas\u201D to save her life. Indeed, music has no need for voice or harp, as \u201Cin anechoic chambers, you become / the only instrument of your worldly sounds,\u201D echoing Mozart\u2019s credo \u201Cthat music lies / in the silence between notes.\u201D In a world\n\nPiano in the Dark\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tra;