Carol Ann Duffy Bücher

"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.

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.

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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.

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.

"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.

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.

An einem Junitag im Jahr 1923 bereitet sich Clarissa Dalloway auf eine ihrer eleganten Abendgesellschaften in London vor. Am Vormittag kauft sie in der Bond Street Blumen und genießt das pulsierende Stadtleben, während sie in Gedanken versunken ist. Clarissa, 51 Jahre alt und aus gutem Hause, reflektiert über ihre Vergangenheit und die Entscheidungen ihres Lebens. Sie fragt sich, warum sie Peter Walsh, den Abenteurer, nicht geheiratet hat, sondern den trockenen Mr. Dalloway. Erinnerungen an ihre Jugend und ihre Liebe zu Sally Seton durchziehen ihren Geist, während sie in einem unaufhörlichen Strom von Gedanken und Fragen schwebt. Parallel dazu kämpft der junge Veteran Septimus Warren Smith mit seinen traumatischen Erlebnissen aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg und kann den Wahnvorstellungen und Visionen nicht entkommen. Weder seine Frau noch der Psychiater Sir William Bradshaw können ihn retten. Am Abend, während Clarissa ihre Gäste empfängt, erfährt sie von Septimus' Selbstmord. In diesem Moment wird ihr bewusst, dass der Tod mitten in ihrer Feierlichkeit präsent ist, und sie spürt ihre eigene Lebendigkeit intensiver als je zuvor.

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.

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.