Book description
As with her later collections, The Other Country takes its readers on a
journey that is both familiar yet surreal. Escorting us to 'the other
country' -- that is, those places that we otherwise visit only in our
memories or our minds -- it blurs the lines between fantasy and reality,
and as such, can be both playful and provocative. It is also, however,
deeply intelligent, honest and thoughtful, with a deftness of tone and
touch, and an emotional yet unsentimental openess that makes this one of
Carol Ann Duffy's most vivid and remarkable collections to date.
'Urgent, and packed with future classics, The Other Country is a book
that proclaims that poetry is alive' Peter Forbes, Guardian
