Winner of the CLPE Poetry Award
George Szirtes’ children’s poems comprise riddles, mysteries and parables, strange encounters, cautionary tales, and meditations on just about everything under the sun — from the sea’s hands to the wind’s face. All Szirtes’ technical virtuosity is on display, the music, rhyme and cadence fusing together with an Eastern European sensibility to provide a unique collection that will be treasured by all children and not a few adults.
This generous new selection displays wit and warm good humour with a hint of the absurd.
Also included are a series of translations of children’s poems from Hungary including works by Sándor Weöres and Zoltán Zelk.
- ISBN10 1844714519
- ISBN13 9781844714513
- Publish Date 15 September 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 September 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Salt Publishing
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 96
- Language English
- URL http://saltpublishing.com/products/in-the-land-of-the-giants-9781844714513