Ransom

In his latest collection, "Ransom," Michael Symmons Roberts explores liberty, limit, the meaning of life, and the possibility of hope in a fallen world. The poems showcase his lyrical beauty and metaphysical ambition with a new urgency and ragged edge. The book includes three powerful sequences set in occupied Paris, an elegy for his father, and a meditation on gratitude. It is a profound and timely exploration of belief and doubt, personal grief, cinematic scenes, and narratives of incarnation and atonement.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 18 March 2021
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE 2021


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RANSOM, THE NEW COLLECTION FROM MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS, IS AN INTENSE AND VIVID EXPLORATION OF LIBERTY AND LIMIT, OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE, AND SEARCHES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HOPE IN A FALLEN, WOUNDED WORLD.


The poems in Ransom showcase all the lyrical beauty and metaphysical ambition for which his work is acclaimed, but with a new urgency, a ragged edge to what the Independent described as his dazzling elegance. At the heart of this new book are three powerful sequences: one set in occupied Paris, one an elegy for his father, and one a meditation on gratitude that work at the edges of belief and doubt, both mystical and philosophical. The idea of ransom is turned and turned again, poem by poem, seen through the lenses of personal grief and loss, cinematic scenes of kidnap and release, narratives of incarnation and atonement. This is a profound and timely book from one of our finest poets.

Weight: 128g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787333123