| Author | : Kathryn Maris |
| File Size | : 47,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 31 May 2018 |
| ISBN | : 9780141986586 |
| Pages | : 80 pages |
The House with Only an Attic and a Basement by Kathryn Maris Book PDF Summary
'But back to the summer day the spike grazed my brother's scalp: I slept beside him in his racing car bed and my father woke me and 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.