- Published: 15 May 2009
- ISBN: 9780091931155
- Imprint: Hutchinson
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $39.99
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- Published: 15 May 2009
- ISBN: 9780091931155
- Imprint: Hutchinson
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $39.99
The Presence is a fragment of autobiography written from the most private part of a poet's heart, with a pen dipped in blood and tears
Carol Ann Duffy, The Daily Telegraph
For all its painful honesty [The Presence is] a surprisingly joyful and compelling book... Imbued with all the best qualities of what it means to human and in love
Owen Sheers, Independent on Sunday
His best work in a long life of brilliant writing
Maggie Gee, New Statesman
Abse's poems are filled with wonder. He remains one of our few great poets of married love
Elaine Feinstein, The Times