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A Puzzling Harvest

Collected Poems 1955-2000

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (528 pages)

(Pub. Oct 2002)

9780856463549

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A Puzzling Harvest includes Harry Guest’s six previous collections, a group of new poems and a generous selection of his versions from French, German, Italian and Japanese. This substantial book demonstrates the scope of Guest’s achievement in nearly half a century’s practice of the art of poetry.

Harry Guest was born in Penarth, Wales in 1932. He read Modern Languages at Cambridge before beginning a career as a teacher in schools and universities in Japan and England. He edited and translated Penguin’s Post-War Japanese Poetry (1972). Recent books include a novel Lost Pictures and Traveller’s Literary Companion to ... read more

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A Puzzling Harvest Collected Poems 1955-2000 Harry Guest Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (528 pages) (Pub. Oct 2002) 9780856463549 Out of Stock Description Author A Puzzling Harvest includes Harry Guest’s six previous collections, a group of new poems and a generous selection of his versions from French, German, Italian and Japanese. This substantial book demonstrates the scope of Guest’s achievement in nearly half a century’s practice of the art of poetry. Harry Guest was born in Penarth, Wales in 1932. He read Modern Languages at Cambridge before beginning a career as a teacher in schools and universities in Japan and England. He edited and translated Penguin’s Post-War Japanese Poetry (1972). Recent books include a novel Lost Pictures and Traveller’s Literary Companion to ... read more	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog Not a Moment Too Soon: Frank Kuppner read more Coco Island: Christine Roseeta Walker read more that which appears: Thomas A Clark read more Come Here to This Gate: Rory Waterman read more Near-Life Experience: Rowland Bagnall read more The Silence: Gillian Clarke read more
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