Talking to the Dead by Elaine Feinstein PAPERBACK 9781857549027

Talking to the Dead\nby Elaine Feinstein\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 5\u20136 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Elaine Feinstein\nTitle: Talking to the Dead\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Poetry by individual poets\nPublisher: Carcanet Press Ltd\nPublication year: 2007\nISBN-13: 9781857549027\nISBN-10: 1857549023\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOpening with a death in winter, this is a tender work of mourning which is wonderfully moving but never dispiriting. Elaine Feinstein uses the remembered words of a much loved husband - sometimes affectionate, sometimes querulous - to invoke his solid presence; it is the man rather than her grief which is the centre of the book. Many lyrics recall the closeness of their last months together; others confess the am.