- Published: 5 September 2019
- ISBN: 9781787331969
- Imprint: Jonathan Cape
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 88
- RRP: $26.00
Nobody
- Published: 5 September 2019
- ISBN: 9781787331969
- Imprint: Jonathan Cape
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 88
- RRP: $26.00
[Nobody] is a paean to water, to the fluidity of language and the porousness between beings and stories… Both form and language echo the ceaseless drift, flitting movement and translucence of their uncontainable body…and, as with any memorable trip, the effects of reading Nobody linger in and around the mind long after the experience has passed.
Maria Crawford, Financial Times
The text (and characters) ebb and flow as mesmerically as the sea, a fluid abstraction that speaks to the power of the ocean.
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[Oswald is] a revolutionary, an eco-poet whose ideas are alive with sensory experience. Her new book, Nobody, is a kind of verse novel which refuses even the conventions of storytelling.
Fiona Sampson, Guardian
Quiet, woozy, immersive…Nobody…[is] marvellous.
Tristram Fane Saunders, Daily Telegraph
Alice Oswald is at the height of her powers in…this electrifying new work… It is out of this world – and in it. It is mythical and realistic, ancient and modern.
Kate Kellaway, Observer, *Poetry Book of the Month*
Sometimes the rush of unexpected language is thrilling… It is a wonderfully skilful tarantella of syllables and images… Nobody is Oswald’s most formally freehand work, a fragmentary gathering of murmurings searching for the excitement of new meaning.
Jeremy Noel-Todd, Sunday Times
Seldom has the idea of being adrift been so feelingly realised.
Michael Glover, Tablet
An invigorating book-length poem.
Sara Wheeler, Spectator, *Best books of 2019*