The Look of Goodbye

By Peter Robinson

The Look of Goodbye contains Peter Robinson's poetry from his last half dozen years living and working in Sendai and Kyoto. Difficulties associated with having your heart in Europe and your life in Japan are explored across the shadowy terrains of a world grown decidedly more at risk, dangerous, and violent. The stays of love, friendship, family, place, and memory are tested by death, loss, and displacement; yet Robinson's poetry celebrates all that it can by means of the poet's rhythm, formal dexterity, and his eye for the energised processes of landscape and atmosphere. Composed at the same time as their author began to write and publish aphorisms, these poems show Robinson extending his range of subjects and developing the fresh directness with which he treats them. While bidding farewell to his Japanese years, The Look of Goodbye is as welcoming of readers, new and returning, as ever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905700458
• ISBN13: 9781905700455
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Robinson's Surprise

What a fun surprise and great read! Although I shouldn't have been surprised because meeting Peter Robinson at author signing always sends you away with a smile - please do not be detered by ratings, enjoy this book for yourself!