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the poetry of Sappho and the travels of Odysseus

Damien Seaman lived in Berlin for several years

to capture what Virginia Woolf called “moments of being”

simmering ethnic civil war

Noel Browne appear on these pages together with many senior American writers and literary figures

Di Slaney is a poet

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This is a debut book rich with desire

A darkly comedic tour de force astutely translated

Red does find its usual associations with blood

The perfect companion on a Norfolk coastal walk punctuated by warm coffee shops and local pubs

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