Claire Dyer's accomplished third collection of poetry charts the journey, from a mother's perspective, of the transition of her younger child from boy to girl.
Claire Dyer Livres
Cette auteure crée des histoires d'amour captivantes, explorant les complexités de la connexion humaine avec un style nuancé et évocateur. Son écriture se caractérise par sa qualité lyrique, attirant les lecteurs dans les paysages émotionnels de ses personnages. Elle explore des thèmes de passion, de désir et les conséquences complexes qui surviennent dans les relations intimes. Sa voix littéraire distinctive offre une perspective nouvelle sur la romance, laissant une impression durable.
Eleven Rooms
- 51pages
- 2 heures de lecture
Eleven Rooms, Claire Dyer's first collection, explores contradictions inherent in ideas of the permanent. The poems hold on to what's the moment of a girl on the back of a boy's motorbike - a moment with no start and no end, the exquisite pain of watching children grow up and away, the flex and flux of relationships, and what death takes from us. In these poems, houses and rooms embody this they are stripped of furniture, demolished and replaced. Yet the idea of the house lives on, while what happened within its walls remains unalterable fact. Claire Dyer's poems tell of an intimate quest for equilibrium in a world constantly they find joy in the journey, adventure, acceptance and affection for things past; they remind us that although the sand slips through our fingers, we hold it warm and dry a while.
The Significant Others of Odie May
- 344pages
- 13 heures de lecture
On the night Odie May and her married lover are due to celebrate him leaving his wife, Odie goes out to buy a bottle of his favourite wine and, on her way home, is murdered by a woman in a lime green coat.
The Last Day
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
The Last Day is about love in all its shades and how we can never predict when the last day of one kind of life, or the first day of another, will change everything. číst celé
The Moment
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
Paddington station, nine a.m., rush hour. As the crowds ebb and flow, time suddenly stands still for two people: Fern and Elliott, ex-lovers who parted twenty-five years before and never expected to see each other again. But here they are, face to face, and the connection is as powerful as it was the day they first met. Their lives have moved on - to marriage, children and divorce - yet neither has stopped regretting the day that drove them apart. Fern gives Elliott her number and they tentatively arrange to meet again that evening when both will be travelling back through the station. And, as the day ticks on, and the memories resurface, both Fern and Elliott reflect on the past. As their emotions go round in circles, so does the Paddington clock, counting down the minutes to eight p.m. - and the moment the future is in their hands.
In The Adjustments, Claire Dyer's fourth collection with Two Rivers Press, the poet explores the vagaries of time and experience. As a narrative in reverse, her book scrutinises the fine tunings of life - from what's expected to what happens - and the associated search for equilibrium in a world that's constantly changing.
Paddington Station, 9:00 Uhr morgens. Im Gedränge der Reisenden steht die Zeit für zwei Menschen plötzlich still: Fern und Elliott, einst Liebende, doch seit fünfundzwanzig Jahren getrennt. Nie hätten sie erwartet, sich wiederzusehen, nie hätten sie erwartet, dass es sie so berühren würde. Obwohl ihr Leben weiterging, sie heirateten und Kinder bekamen, hörte keiner der beiden auf, den Tag zu bereuen, der sie auseinanderbrachte. Sie verabreden sich für den Abend, wenn der Rückweg sie wieder zum Bahnhof führt. Es wird der Moment sein, in dem sie ihr Morgen wieder in der Hand haben.