{"product_id":"9781509839087","title":"Self-Portrait in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Bryce, Colette \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 20\/04\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 64 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781509839087,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dark attunes our eyes to detail the light can sometimes conceal; similarly, Colette Bryce's new poems are 'slant tellings' that reveal strange and true reflections. Using a wide range of imaginative strategies, Bryce examines the ways in which time is held, space enclosed - and a life framed and given meaning: a face in a broken mirror, a spider trapped under a glass, or a stolen kiss in a car-wash. Bryce's two previous prize-winning collections were widely admired for their marvellously seductive music and their speed of thought; Self-Portrait in the Dark widens and deepens the poet's scope, and is her most emotionally compelling collection to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for The Full Indian Rope Trick '[Bryce's] poems, sensitive as the needle that registers some distant earth tremor, are delicately poised . . . Bryce's vision is questing, disquieting, dark . . . as she seeks out the truths of life and love that transform the human heart. This is a confident, complex, subversive collection that shows us the magic by which one becomes a mature poet'  The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42093038501932,"sku":"9781509839087","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781509839087.jpg?v=1699999772","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781509839087","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}