Clare Pollard's fourth collection is steeped in folktale and ballads, and looks at the stories we tell about ourselves. From the Pendle witch-trials in 17th-century Lancashire to the gangs of modern-day east London, 'Changeling' takes on our myths and monsters.
Clare Pollard's fourth collection is steeped in folktale and ballads, and looks at the stories we tell about ourselves. From the Pendle witch-trials i...
''Write only what pierces and surprises,' says Anna Szabo in this riveting collection that lives up to its own advice. Domestic life is reinvented as the elemental and visceral plane of existence we all secretly know it to be, and the richness of Szabo's work is given full expression by Clare Pollard's unflinching translation. Szabo deserves a wide audience in the UK: Trust is a book to bring it to her.'
''Write only what pierces and surprises,' says Anna Szabo in this riveting collection that lives up to its own advice. Domestic life is reinvented as ...
