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Six

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Cricket was a major part of the poet Zaffar Kunial's childhood when growing up near the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. This pamphlet gathers six of his new poems on the subject, along with a series of previously published 'Extras'. Whether capturing legends of the sport, such as Imran Khan captaining his first Test match, or a shy encounter with Brian Johnston; the poet's boyish ambitions of becoming a professional player; experimenting with time in an elliptical sequence on hours at the Oval; or the timeless still point of a hit ball - Six is a collection for lovers of poetry and cricket alike.

Reviews for 'Six':
'Kunial’s style is a wise vernacular that Auden would have loved . . . Six is a pamphlet to read and re-read; its words are so plain and so well put together that you won’t realise until much later how permanently they’ve marked you, like a grass stain.'

'Zaffar Kunial, King for a Summer of The Oval, the country’s best pace bowler of the human heart.'

Pages: 24

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber Faber

Release: September 05, 2019

ISBN: 0571358829

ISBN 13: 9780571358823

Six

0/5 ( ratings)

Cricket was a major part of the poet Zaffar Kunial's childhood when growing up near the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham. This pamphlet gathers six of his new poems on the subject, along with a series of previously published 'Extras'. Whether capturing legends of the sport, such as Imran Khan captaining his first Test match, or a shy encounter with Brian Johnston; the poet's boyish ambitions of becoming a professional player; experimenting with time in an elliptical sequence on hours at the Oval; or the timeless still point of a hit ball - Six is a collection for lovers of poetry and cricket alike.

Reviews for 'Six':
'Kunial’s style is a wise vernacular that Auden would have loved . . . Six is a pamphlet to read and re-read; its words are so plain and so well put together that you won’t realise until much later how permanently they’ve marked you, like a grass stain.'

'Zaffar Kunial, King for a Summer of The Oval, the country’s best pace bowler of the human heart.'

Pages: 24

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber Faber

Release: September 05, 2019

ISBN: 0571358829

ISBN 13: 9780571358823

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