Extra 5% Off Applied
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Business & Economics
Children’s Books
Sort By
Relevance
Extra 5% Off on Shopping above Rs.999
Assured 2-4 Days Express Delivery across India.
Extra 10% Off on Shopping above Rs.1,499
Alice Oswald
MRP: ₹ 1,199
₹ 1,140
₹ 59 Off
(Incl. of all taxes)
Get this at ₹ 1,083
Extra 5% Off Applied
Get this at ₹ 1,026
Extra 10% Off
Ships within 4 - 7 Days
We usually ship orders the next day. This book is specially sourced for you, so it may take few extra days.
Binding
Hardback
Number of Pages
88
Age Group
All
Language
English
Piracy Free
Secure Transactions
Express Delivery
Eco‑Conscious Packaging
Ships within 3 - 6 Days
We usually ship orders the next day, this book will be specially sourced for you, so it may take few extra days.
Book Summary
This is a lyrical poetry work crafted for adults and readers who savor mythic resonance and sea-imagery. At its heart is a solitary figure abandoned on a rocky shore, with the ocean itself as a living, listening presence. The central theme explores isolation, memory, and the way voices—glimpsed and then gone—shape our sense of self. The emotional tone is hypnotic, adventurous, and contemplative, inviting you to drift with the waves of language and meaning.
The reading experience is presented as a dense, voice-first journey where mythic voices drift in and out without fixed names. The language is designed for the human voice—cadence, breath, and rhythm matter as much as meaning—creating a performance-ready texture that can be spoken aloud or read quietly. Expect a mesmeric, perhaps hallucinatory flow that slowly loosens conventional anchors and invites you to follow a circling shoal of sound through a water-dark landscape.
Readers are guided by a blend of dense imagery and fluid sentence-work that rewards careful, repeated listening or reading. The work challenges expectations of narrative by weaving mythic allusions into a single, shifting atmosphere, where the sea acts as mentor, mirror, and motor of the journey. It’s accessible enough to invite thoughtful engagement on first encounter, yet rich enough to yield new discoveries with each revisit.
After finishing, you’re left with a heightened sense of the sea as a living landscape and a refreshed, pliant relationship to myth and memory. The experience builds confidence in reading challenging poetry, sparks curiosity about language and voice, and leaves a lasting impression of fluidity, resonance, and wonder.
Product Details
Author
Alice Oswald
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
88
Language
English
SKU
9781787331969
ISBN
9781787331969
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
13.1x0.7x19.8cm
Binding
Hardback
MRP: ₹ 1,199
₹ 1,140
₹ 59 Off