Apocalypse Calypso - Tapa blanda

Roos, Graham

 
9781908684042: Apocalypse Calypso
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ISBN 10: 1908684046 ISBN 13: 9781908684042
Editorial: Legend Press Ltd, 2012

Sinopsis

Themes of crisis and corruption come together to make this a collection of poems for our time.

The origins of this book are in the collaboration between The Royal Opera House, The London Sinfonietta, composer, Dominic Muldowney and author, Graham Roos, which culminated in a series of performances, sponsored by The Guardian, entitled The Arts of News at King’s Place in 2009.

The aim was to convert newspaper stories into songs without making them hieratic, instead retaining their tabloid feel. Two strands of work were created out of this commission: Songs of the Zeitgeist (a collaboration with Dominic Muldowney on the themes of celebrity, Binge Britain and ecological disaster) and Songs of Reckoning. Roos also created a verse cabaret set in the Media Suite in Hell where Lucifer stands for election accompanied by three Angels of the New Millennium.

Much of the work in this book derives from Songs of the Zeitgeist and these other works; some are demotic and others hieratic, using more traditional forms.

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Críticas

Graham Roos writes with a directness and urgency embracing both intellectual and emotional clarity. His characters are authentic and speak with individuality. He has an acute ear for pithy dialogue which is catchy, true, eminently sayable with a fine mix of laughter and tears. --Sir Derek Jacobi

Graham Roos is very gifted. His range is wide - serious or satirical - on themes both topical and eternal. He wrote a piece in which I performed for Kings Place. The audience responded to the variety in it from start to finish, ending with prolonged applause. He has terrific energy and concentration. --Fenella Fielding

Graham Roos has a way with words; his writing is vivid, catchy and thought-provoking. He leads the generation of young troubadours responding with verve to the world we have dumped on them. --Dame Janet Suzman

--Dame Janet Suzman

An original, inspirational writer, poet and performer, and a wizard when he wants to be, Graham Roos is a master of the unexpected, his work possessing a rare, visceral energy that tends to get into your veins. Buy him, devour him, beg your friends to do the same. Then bask in the glory of their gratitude. This man is destined for greatness. --Julie Alpin

Graham Roos represents that rare being nowadays - someone with a very real talent and more importantly the elegant ability to demonstrate it whether on the silent page or through the inspired performance. --Robin Dutt

Your poems are marvellously vivid. I am re-reading many of them and the pictures in my mind become sharper to the extent that my other senses expect to catch the smells, the tones of voice and the facial expressions of the chavs and politicos. --John Cornwall

Graham Roos represents that rare being nowadays - someone with a very real talent and more importantly the elegant ability to demonstrate it whether on the silent page or through the inspired performance. --Robin Dutt

Reseña del editor

The origins of this book are in the collaboration between The Royal Opera House, The London Sinfonietta, composer Dominic Muldowney and author Graham Roos, which culminated in a series of performances, sponsored by The Guardian, entitled The Arts of News at King's Place in 2009. The aim was to convert newspaper stories into songs without making them hieratic, instead retaining their tabloid feel. Two strands of work were created out of this commission: Songs of the Zeitgeist (a collaboration with Dominic Muldowney on the themes of celebrity, Binge Britain and ecological disaster) and Songs of Reckoning. Roos also created a verse cabaret set in the Media Suite in Hell where Lucifer stands for election accompanied by three Angels of the New Millennium. Much of the work in this book derives from Songs of the Zeitgeist and these other works; some are demotic and others hieratic, using more traditional forms. Themes of crisis and corruption come together to make this a collection of poems for our time.

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Editorial
Legend Press Ltd
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1908684046
ISBN 13 
9781908684042
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
186
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