The Love Book by Allie Esiri
An exquisite collection of the very best writing on love. THE LOVE BOOK presents a new anthology of writing on all aspects of the most important emotion on earth. There’s true love, unrequited love, erotic love, platonic love, thwarted love, comic love, mourned love and just about every other type of love, explored here in poetry, prose, letters and lyrics from the greatest writers in the English language. In one fabulously comprehensive volume, Allie Esiri brings together texts ancient and modern, from William Shakespeare to Sharon Olds, Catullus to Carol Ann Duffy, the bible to Bob Dylan; she offers us sonnets for wooing, lamentations for loss and perfect passages for weddings. Full of classics and all-time favourites, THE LOVE BOOK also includes lesser-known marvels, such as Mozart’s love notes, Sappho’s lesbian odes and a letter from Napoleon. Forget corny greeting cards and chocolate box cliché, this is the literature of love at its finest. Beautifully presented and helpfully divided into themed sections, it’s an indispensable collection for anyone who’s ever had a heart.
A sumptuous collection of poetry and prose * Herald *
If you're looking for a Valentine's Day gift, you can't do better than this * Mail on Sunday *
Filled with stories, poems and letters about the L word, it'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy * Sainsbury's Magazine *
An inspired selection of classic and contemporary poetry and prose on amatory themes, in a beautifully designed cloth-bound volume -- Juanita Coulson * Lady *
This is not just another collection, this is an Esiri collection – a reverently considered and gracefully realised book that allows the greatest loves of all time to live on in its pages -- Georgia Mizen * The Upcoming *
If you're looking for a Valentine's Day gift, you can't do better than this * Mail on Sunday *
Filled with stories, poems and letters about the L word, it'll make you feel all warm and fuzzy * Sainsbury's Magazine *
An inspired selection of classic and contemporary poetry and prose on amatory themes, in a beautifully designed cloth-bound volume -- Juanita Coulson * Lady *
This is not just another collection, this is an Esiri collection – a reverently considered and gracefully realised book that allows the greatest loves of all time to live on in its pages -- Georgia Mizen * The Upcoming *
Allie Esiri, described in a recent Tatler profile as 'a poetry powerhouse', studied at St Catherine's College Cambridge. Her iF Poems App was launched to great acclaim in November 2011 and was Apple Editors' Choice All Time Favourite app. iF: A Treasury of Poems for Every Possibility was published in 2012.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224098939 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224098934 |
| Title | The Love Book |
| Author | Allie Esiri |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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