Carol Ann Duffy Bücher

»Vor dem Einschlafen schaute das Mädchen über die mondbeglänzten Dächer bis zu dem dunklen Wald am Rande der kleinen Stadt, lauschte dem leisen, suchenden Rufen einer Eule und fragte sich, was das Leben ihr wohl bringen würde.« Vom Geschenk des Lebens erzählt dieses Buch, und von der Vorfreude auf das, was kommen mag. Davon, einen Platz zu finden, wo man sich zu Hause fühlt, sich entfalten kann und wo Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen. Etwas zu entdecken, das man pflegen und zum Blühen bringen kann und das man später gerne mit den eigenen Kindern teilt. Den Dingen und den Menschen, die man liebt, Aufmerksamkeit und Zeit zu widmen. Und nicht zu vergessen, dass das Leben endlich ist. Carol Ann Duffy erzählt eine märchenhafte Geschichte, deren schwebende Stimmung in den Illustrationen des britischen Künstlers Rob Ryan wunderbar eingefangen ist. Ryan hat eine alte, schon fast vergessene Kunst zu neuem Leben erweckt: In seinen zarten, detailverliebten Scherenschnitten eröffnet er uns eine Welt voller Zauber und Poesie.

Dies ist ein fantastisches und magisches Märchen darüber, was passiert, als eines Nachts eine böse Hexe die glücklichen Enden von Gutenachtgeschichten stiehlt. Es liegt an Jub, dem Hüter der glücklichen Enden, den Tag zu retten und süße Träume überall zu gewährleisten in dieser lyrischen Geschichte über das Geschichtenerzählen. In der Tradition klassischer Märchen für Kinder haben Carol Ann Duffy und Jane Ray eine wirklich fesselnde, überraschende und schöne Geschichte für Kinder jeden Alters geschaffen.

"Hippos wallow in the moon's deep craters, Bobbing with the rhinos and the alligators." The moon tiger scratches at shooting stars, polar bears float down from their mountain for starfish and chips, and the zookeeper, of course, is an alien. Carol Ann Duffy's lyrical, humorous verse illuminates an entrancing world that is both familiar and strange. This is a very special book.

After meeting a magical old woman in a clearing in the woods and trading her daisy chain for the granting of a wish, a little girl grows into a young woman and the clearing begins to fill with the loveliest flowers, the most fragrant herbs, and the most perfect stones.

This beautifully illustrated collection brings together, for the first time, Carol Ann Duffy's much-celebrated festive poems.

In this delightful new collection of poetry for children, Carol Ann Duffy takes us on a mud-and-all ramble through sand, socks, songs and schoolrooms. Charming and witty, infectiously enjoyable, these poems take pleasure in the discovery of imaginative worlds, from the loneliness of ghosts and ghouls to a shopping trip by Manchunian cows.

A major literary event: the first Collected Poems of Carol Ann Duffy (1985-2015)

Down at the front, on a cold winter's night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire and the magic of Christmas took hold . . . Carol Ann Duffy's brilliant poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when enemy shook hands with enemy, shared songs, swapped gifts, even played football, and peace found a place in No Man's Land. In a gorgeous small format with David Roberts' beautiful illustrations, The Christmas Truce is an irresistible festive gift. Also available in a larger, special edition hardback.

Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk. The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore. Behind every famous man is a great woman--and from the quick-tongued Mrs. Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection. Original, subversive, full of imagination and quicksilver wit, this is Carol Ann Duffy at her beguiling best.

An anthology of moving poems collated by Carol Ann Duffy, from the poet's own archives.

Award-winning poetry that resonates with real-world experiences captures the essence of human emotions and struggles. Celebrated for its beauty and depth, the collection invites readers to reflect on life’s complexities through poignant verses. The work has garnered acclaim for its ability to connect with a broad audience, making it a significant contribution to contemporary literature.

"Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages' - Rose Tremain The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy's verse have made her our most admired and best-loved contemporary poet. Rapture , her seventh collection, is a book-length love-poem, and a moving act of personal testimony; but what sets these poems apart from other treatments of the subject is that Duffy refuses to simplify the contradictions of love, and read its transformations - infatuation, longing, passion, commitment, rancour, separation and grief - as simply redemptive or destructive. Rapture is a map of real love, in all its churning complexity. Yet in showing us that a song can be made of even the most painful episodes in our lives, Duffy has accessed a new level of directness that sacrifices nothing in the way of subtlety of expression. These are poems that will find deep rhymes in the experience of most readers, and nowhere has Duffy more eloquently articulated her belief that poetry should speak for us all."

The tenth and final Christmas book, set in the frost fairs on London's Thames in the 16th-century, from UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Beautifully illustrated and produced in a gorgeous small format, this is an irresistible festive gift and Christmas stocking must-have for poetry lovers.

This volume contains poems chosen by Carol Ann Duffy from her first six acclaimed collections, from 'Standing Female Nude' to 'Feminine Gospels', and a handful of other poems collected here for the first time.

One of the English language’s best-loved living poets arrays before us here, in chronological order, her favorites among her poems on death, drawing on work written over four decades, and adds to her selection one wholly new poem. It makes for a sequence that is warm, vibrant, alive.

Following Bethlehem, Wenceslas, The Christmas Truce, Another Night Before Christmas and Mrs Scrooge, the Poet Laureate offers another delightful and original Christmas poem.

Klassikerinnen neu entdeckt von Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart Einer der berühmtesten Romane der englischen Literatur erzählt einen einzigen Tag im Leben der Clarissa Dalloway – und zugleich die Tiefe eines ganzen Lebens voller Leerstellen und in engen Grenzen. »Dass die Höhepunkte des Lebens verborgen seien unter Ereignissen des Alltags, klingt heute vielleicht klischiert und ungenau. Doch Virginia Woolf geht es nicht um eine Wirklichkeit hinter den Erscheinungen, sondern um Wirklichkeit in ihnen.« – Ulrike Draesner

A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, has chosen her favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett.

"In her ... fourth collection ... Carol Ann Duffy dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence annd adulthood, finding moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and language amid the complexities of life. ..."--Back cover.

With ethereal illustrations by Tomislav Tomic, this uncommonly beautiful book is a very special introduction to - or reminder of - many classic fairy tales.

What can a little girl do in the jungle? Play snap with a crocodile? Join-the-dots on a leopard's spots? Pin-the-tail on an elephant? Or just pick up a snake and skip all the way home! This picture book features rhyme and jungly illustrations.

Off the Shelf is a beautiful anthology of specially commissioned poems written in celebration of books and bookshops, edited by the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy

Poesie: Linda France, Carol Rumens, Mimi Khalvati, Jo Shapcott, Jackie Kay, Selima Hill, Louise Hudson, Maud Sulter, Carol Ann Duffy, Gerda Mayer a Maggie Hannan. Souběžné texty v originále a český překlad.