The Beautiful Lie
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| Author(s) | Sheenagh Pugh |
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| Publisher | Seren Books |
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| Lying and truth-telling are a matter of choice; our innate capacity for mendacity is the source of all story-telling. Thus the title poem sets the thematic tone for a collection which explores the interface between fiction and reality. In ‘Fanfic’ Pugh travels into cyberspace where devoted fans discuss, rewrite and reinvent cult tv. Fascinated by a world where ecstasy seems part religious, part erotic, the poet give voices to those whose lives, though tinged with pathos, are deeply imaginative. A second sequence, ‘Lady Franklin’s Man’, details the long search… | |
Lying and truth-telling are a matter of choice; our innate capacity for mendacity is the source of all story-telling. Thus the title poem sets the thematic tone for a collection which explores the interface between fiction and reality.
In ‘Fanfic’ Pugh travels into cyberspace where devoted fans discuss, rewrite and reinvent cult tv. Fascinated by a world where ecstasy seems part religious, part erotic, the poet give voices to those whose lives, though tinged with pathos, are deeply imaginative. A second sequence, ‘Lady Franklin’s Man’, details the long search for the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, his widows’s resilience and enduring love shining through in atmospheric recreations of the land-, sea- and mind-scapes of the mid-Victorian era. Other poems include a dubious paean to the “vampires of mercy” and the prize-winning ‘Toast’, a heat-soaked homage to “young builders golden and melting on hot pavements.”
