How to Disappear

by Amanda Dalton

How to Disappear shines a torch into the dark corners and finds a world inhabited by the missing and the dead, by monsters and wounded beasts, discarded dreams and the memories of strangers – a trawl through the apparently empty spaces and what might be found there. At its heart is the narrative sequence Room of Leaves. It is 1959. Grace, at last, falls in love. Jilted at the altar, she sets up home in the garden of her mother’s bungalow and waits, for thirty years, in a world of birds and bright umbrellas, for Frank to return…

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[scarlettraces · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.5)

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this. the poems are captivating and a little abstract in places and very enjoyable.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rather brilliant poetry collection. There's a certain quality that had me in mind of fairy tales whilst reading. Room of Leaves is a narrative sequence that read perfectly - it could have been a kitchen sink drama with all the scope and fantasy that poetry allows.