These 11 poems, written between 1997 and 2000 show Allen Curnow's ear for the vernacular and his sense of the absurdity of modish attitudes. Alongside a poem for poet Peter Porter's 70th birthday are poems of small dramas, some painful and ugly, observed unflinchingly.
"This is a collection of New Zealander Alan Curnow's works from 1997-2001, looking at places, lifetimes, personal accidents and infinite spaces."
"These 11 poems, written between 1997 and 2000 show Allen Curnow's ear for the vernacular and his sense of the absurdity of modish attitudes. Alongside a poem for poet Peter Porter's 70th birthday are poems of small dramas, some painful and ugly, observed unflinchingly."@en
"Remarkable for the astonishing mastery of technique, voice and tone, the poems in The Bells of St Babel's display Allen Curnow's wonderful ear for the vernacular and his unerring sense of the absurdity of modish attitudes."@en
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