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Circumstances have compelled O'Brien to return repeatedly to the elegiac form, and The Drowned Book contains a number of powerfully moving poems written in memory of fellow poets and artists. The Drowned Book again shows O'Brien a master of the authoritative line, and underscores his pre-eminence among contemporary English poets.

Praise for Sean O'Brien's verse translation of Dante's Inferno:

'Compelling, with a steady incandescence to the language' Independent

'All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Sean O'Brien is to be congratulated on his expert rehabilitation of a classic' Spectator

'Combines urgent readability with a muscular forcefulness' The Economist

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ISBN/EAN 9780330447621
Author Sean O'Brien
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication date 20 Jul 2010
Format Paperback
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The Drowned Book

Many of the poems in Sean O'Brien's new collection take their emotional tenor and imaginative cue from his acclaimed translation of Dante's Inferno, and occupy a dark, flooded, subterranean world, as dramatically compelling as it is disquieting.

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