Ones Who Keep Quiet
Publisher: Otago University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780947522445
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author)
Description: "The ones who keep quiet for the longest are the dead, yet there are echoes of them everywhere. A turn of the head brings a glimpse of a Victorian banker retrieving his top hat from the gutter. A walk across a bridge lets you pass the ghosts of a Catholic saint, a Marxist martyr, and a boy with a tin drum. The dead are there to be heard; they are also listening to you. The Ones Who Keep Quiet showcases David Howard's ability to give our world a metaphysical mulling, which he achieves with memorable lyricism and an edgy attention to questions of identity and time, silence and isolation"--Amazon.com