The Living and the Dead: Selected and New Poems, by Geoffrey Haresnape

This, Geoffrey Haresnape's fourth collection of poems, covers the period 1976 to 2005. His other publications include a prize-winning novel and a collection of short stories. He has taught English Literature for many years and is currently an Associate of the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town.

'His insights and torments ... are viewed through the finely ground lens of a crystal clear intellect.' MARK SWIFT on Drive of the Tide

'His romanticism is never without a critical awareness.' RUSTUM KOZAIN on New-Born Images

'His language is characterized by honesty combined with wit and a subtle self-irony to soften its blow.' PETER HORN on Mulberries in Autumn

'Here is poetry that is evocative, tender and intimate ... In every way he is a poet.' JOHN POVEY: World Literature Written in English

'Geoffrey Haresnape emerged near the centre of the revolution in poetic sensibility that followed the Sharpeville massacre ... [He] made a courageous stand by both illustrating and exposing the chains imprisoning the mind as well as real people.' CHRISTOPHER HEYWOOD: A History of South African Literature