Small World

by Richard Price

At times angry and despairing, these poems evoke hospital conditions and social attitudes toward the ill, but focus on the intricate reality of living day to day and trying to bring memory to bear on the future. In this collection, “The Patient” suffers a brain hemorrhage, causing the poet to carefully examine the days before and after this heartbreaking event. A multilayered compilation, it builds a rich portrait of love under almost intolerable pressure.

Genres: Poetry

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Richard Price is a contemporary Scottish poet and novelist who has also published translations. He grew up in Renfrewshire, and began writing poetry at the age of 14. After leaving school, he trained as a journalist at Napier College Edinburgh, before taking a degree in English and Librarianship at the University of Strathclyde.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Reviews

[Mandy Haggith]

A deeply personal collection of poems about the poet's family, including a really powerful sequence about his wife in a coma and recovering from severe brain trauma.