Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Poetry Prize 2014.
The Fauverie of this book is the big-cat house in the Jardin des Plantes zoo. But the word also evokes the Fauves, 'primitive' painters who used raw colour straight from the tube. Like The Zoo Father, Petit's acclaimed second collection, this volume has childhood trauma and a dying father at its heart, while Paris takes centre stage - a city savage as the Amazon, haunted by Aramis the black jaguar and a menagerie of wild animals. Transforming childhood horrors to ultimately mourn a lost parent, Fauverie redeems the darker forces of human nature while celebrating the ferocity and grace of endangered species.
| ISBN: | 9781781721681 |
| Publication date: | 9th September 2014 |
| Author: | Pascale Petit |
| Publisher: | Seren an imprint of Poetry Wales Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 72 pages |
| Primary Genre | Poetry |
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Shortlisted for the T S Eliot Poetry Prize 2014.
The Fauverie of this book is the big-cat house in the Jardin des Plantes zoo. But the word also evokes the Fauves, 'primitive' painters who used raw colour straight from the tube. Like The Zoo Father, Petit's acclaimed second collection, this volume has childhood trauma and a dying father at its heart, while Paris takes centre stage - a city savage as the Amazon, haunted by Aramis the black jaguar and a menagerie of wild animals. Transforming childhood horrors to ultimately mourn a lost parent, Fauverie redeems the darker forces of human nature while celebrating the ferocity and grace of endangered species.
Fauverie features in the following genres: Poetry, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
Fauverie is available in Ebook, Paperback
Fauverie was written by Pascale Petit and published by Seren an imprint of Poetry Wales Press
Fauverie has 72 pages
£8.99
