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In the Land of the Giants Selected Children’s Poems

Szirtes George
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844714513
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Salt Publishing
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
6 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

Forfatter
Szirtes George

Biographical note

George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948, and came to England with his family after the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. He was educated in England, training as a painter, and has always written in English. In recent years he has worked as a translator of Hungarian literature, producing editions of such writers as Ottó Orbán, Zsuzsa Rakovszky and Ágnes Nemes Nagy. He co-edited Bloodaxe’s Hungarian anthology The Colonnade of Teeth. His Bloodaxe poetry books are The Budapest File (2000); An English Apocalypse (2001); Reel (2004), winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize; New & Collected Poems (2008) and The Burning of the Books and other poems (2009), shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2009. Bloodaxe has also published John Sears’ critical study Reading George Szirtes (2008). Szirtes lives in Norfolk and teaches at the University of East Anglia.

In the Land of the Giants Selected Children’s Poems

Szirtes George
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
Szirtes George
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
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Winner of the CLPE Poetry AwardGeorge Szirtes’ children’s poems comprise riddles, mysteries and parables, strange encounters, cautionary tales, and meditations on just about everything under the sun — from the sea’s hands to the wind’s face. All Szirtes’ technical virtuosity is on display, the music, rhyme and cadence fusing together with an Eastern European sensibility to provide a unique collection that will be treasured by all children and not a few adults.This generous new selection displays wit and warm good humour with a hint of the absurd. Also included are a series of translations of children’s poems from Hungary including works by Sándor Weöres and Zoltán Zelk.
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This generous new selection of children’s poems from one of the UK’s foremost poets displays wit, humour, technical virtuosity and a hint of the absurd. Also included are a series of translations of children’s poems from Hungary, including works by Sándor Weöres and Zoltán Zelk.
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AcknowledgementsFour Superstitions1. The Sneezing Week2. Watch who you are winking at3. Bad signs4. Runs till it dropsThree Fires and a FloodFlameThe Great Fire of LondonThe Fire’s HeartThe FloodThe Bee’s KneesThe Bee’s KneesThe Wasp’s WaistThe Serpent’s TailThe Fish’s FingersThe Bicycle’s WristsThe Clouds’ HairThe Wind’s FaceThe Sea’s HandsThe Sun’s ToesThe Cold’s TeethThe Refrigerator’s BellyThe Wall’s EarsThe Bedroom ChestThe Clothes-hanger’s CollarboneThe Book’s SpineThe Window’s EyesThe Butcher’s CalvesThe Bottle’s NeckThe Cup’s LipThe Ice Cream’s TongueThe Cave’s MouthThe Lake’s BottomThree Mysteries1. The Lost Sock Mystery2. The Mystery of the Ant3. The Rainbow MysteryIn the Land of the GiantsRock A ByeBeware Of The Bear!In The Land Of GiantsAt Gran’sFancy DressHenryBravePianistSoulfulFlautistPlumbing ServiceEgg MagicThe Great DrongoPoetNo, LoveVisitorMiss StringMiss StringAhemOld CouplesWhoopsaMoonlifeMoon QuestionsSpace Comes Out at NightApple TreeMouse DreamingGoldfishAnimal LoreThe Wreck of The HopeFrom the HungarianBirdThe SpringThe EarthAntA Poem about Two SealsWinter TreesStorksSnailThe Bear’s DilemmaThree Short Verses About the WindSleighbellsDeep in the Wood the Violets DrowseMy Dog AceHappy New Year
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'No primary-school teacher who reads poetry to children should be without George Szirtes’s The Red-All-Over Riddle Book.
This is a very dangerous book: it plays with words, with fire, with water, with animals – with anything and everything: even refrigerators and ice-creams. After I read it, the world wasn't the same again. If you read it, you won't be either.
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This is a very dangerous book: it plays with words, with fire, with water, with animals - with anything and everything: even refrigerators and ice-creams. After I read it, the world wasn't the same again. If you read it, you won't be either. -- Michael Rosen
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Winner of the CLPE Poetry AwardGeorge Szirtes’ children’s poems comprise riddles, mysteries and parables, strange encounters, cautionary tales, and meditations on just about everything under the sun — from the sea’s hands to the wind’s face. All Szirtes’ technical virtuosity is on display, the music, rhyme and cadence fusing together with an Eastern European sensibility to provide a unique collection that will be treasured by all children and not a few adults.This generous new selection displays wit and warm good humour with a hint of the absurd. Also included are a series of translations of children’s poems from Hungary including works by Sándor Weöres and Zoltán Zelk.
Les mer
This generous new selection of children’s poems from one of the UK’s foremost poets displays wit, humour, technical virtuosity and a hint of the absurd. Also included are a series of translations of children’s poems from Hungary, including works by Sándor Weöres and Zoltán Zelk.
Les mer
AcknowledgementsFour Superstitions1. The Sneezing Week2. Watch who you are winking at3. Bad signs4. Runs till it dropsThree Fires and a FloodFlameThe Great Fire of LondonThe Fire’s HeartThe FloodThe Bee’s KneesThe Bee’s KneesThe Wasp’s WaistThe Serpent’s TailThe Fish’s FingersThe Bicycle’s WristsThe Clouds’ HairThe Wind’s FaceThe Sea’s HandsThe Sun’s ToesThe Cold’s TeethThe Refrigerator’s BellyThe Wall’s EarsThe Bedroom ChestThe Clothes-hanger’s CollarboneThe Book’s SpineThe Window’s EyesThe Butcher’s CalvesThe Bottle’s NeckThe Cup’s LipThe Ice Cream’s TongueThe Cave’s MouthThe Lake’s BottomThree Mysteries1. The Lost Sock Mystery2. The Mystery of the Ant3. The Rainbow MysteryIn the Land of the GiantsRock A ByeBeware Of The Bear!In The Land Of GiantsAt Gran’sFancy DressHenryBravePianistSoulfulFlautistPlumbing ServiceEgg MagicThe Great DrongoPoetNo, LoveVisitorMiss StringMiss StringAhemOld CouplesWhoopsaMoonlifeMoon QuestionsSpace Comes Out at NightApple TreeMouse DreamingGoldfishAnimal LoreThe Wreck of The HopeFrom the HungarianBirdThe SpringThe EarthAntA Poem about Two SealsWinter TreesStorksSnailThe Bear’s DilemmaThree Short Verses About the WindSleighbellsDeep in the Wood the Violets DrowseMy Dog AceHappy New Year
Les mer
'No primary-school teacher who reads poetry to children should be without George Szirtes’s The Red-All-Over Riddle Book.
This is a very dangerous book: it plays with words, with fire, with water, with animals – with anything and everything: even refrigerators and ice-creams. After I read it, the world wasn't the same again. If you read it, you won't be either.
Les mer
This is a very dangerous book: it plays with words, with fire, with water, with animals - with anything and everything: even refrigerators and ice-creams. After I read it, the world wasn't the same again. If you read it, you won't be either. -- Michael Rosen
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844714513
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
Salt Publishing
Høyde
178 mm
Bredde
110 mm
Dybde
6 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

Forfatter
Szirtes George

Biographical note

George Szirtes was born in Budapest in 1948, and came to England with his family after the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. He was educated in England, training as a painter, and has always written in English. In recent years he has worked as a translator of Hungarian literature, producing editions of such writers as Ottó Orbán, Zsuzsa Rakovszky and Ágnes Nemes Nagy. He co-edited Bloodaxe’s Hungarian anthology The Colonnade of Teeth. His Bloodaxe poetry books are The Budapest File (2000); An English Apocalypse (2001); Reel (2004), winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize; New & Collected Poems (2008) and The Burning of the Books and other poems (2009), shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2009. Bloodaxe has also published John Sears’ critical study Reading George Szirtes (2008). Szirtes lives in Norfolk and teaches at the University of East Anglia.

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