The Presence

By Dannie Abse

Book Overview

Introduced by Jasmine Donahaye Several months after the death of poet Dannie Abse's wife, Joan, in a car accident, he began to write a diary which is both a record of present grief and a portrait of a marriage that lasted more than fifty years. It is an extraordinary document, painful but celebratory, funny yet often tragic, bursting with joy as well as sorrow and full of a deep understanding of what it means to be human.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917140479
• ISBN13: 9781917140478
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Parthian
• Length: 180 Pages