The House with Only an Attic and a Basement

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Synopsis

'But back to the summer day the spikegrazed my brother's scalp: I slept beside himin his racing car bed and my father woke meand slapped my face, thinking, I assume, of sex,whereas I was already thinking about death.'Urban, suburban, sharply observant, now obsessive and now urbane, the poems in Kathryn Maris's third book range with a dry wit over such subjects as parenthood, marriage, adultery, the politics of children's sports contests, female prison and psychoanalysis. The House with Only an Attic and a Basement is that rare thing: a darkly funny collection of poems that courses with keen intelligence, yet wears its learning lightly so that it is a pleasure to stride along with every poem.

Book details

Author:
Kathryn Maris
ISBN:
9780141986586
Related ISBNs:
9780141986579
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2018-07-17
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2018
Copyright by:
Kathryn Maris 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Humor, Literature and Fiction, Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Poetry