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The air mines of Mistila
Sylvia Kantaris | Philip Gross

The air mines of Mistila

Bloodaxe Books (Dec 1988)
9781852240554
88 pages | English
Dewey 821/.914
LC Classification PR6061.A595 .A66 1988
LC Control No. 88071305

Subject

  • English Poetry
  • Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Poetry / General

Plot

A Poetry Book Society Choice. High above the plain, up where the mountainside melts into cloud, lies an unmapped plateau: Kantaris' son was in Columbia, and he told her about Mistila. She mentioned it to Gross. In response, he sent her a poem. She replied. In three months they populated the Mistilan plateau with a cast of characters who live, eke out their livelihoods, and die. Like us, almost. ""An engaging fancy""--New Statesman. ""Sophisticated...The two poets work well together""--TLS.