mark a homecoming in proper style
The poems explore the impact of illness
both Royal Literary Fellows
sorrow and yearning
especially the bloody coup of February 1963
Putin's Postbox Howard Sargeant mark a homecoming in properEight essays on literature, language, art, Europe and life from one of Germanys most revered living writers. After a visit to Putins old postbox, the reader is taken to Dresden and Brixton, Gdask and Minsk, diverted to birds, bees, stray cats and pet dogs, confronted with Stasi and KGB, Proust and Jah Shaka, puzzled by overcoats and anoraks, Francis Bacon and Vermeer, and lost (then found) in service stations and memorial centres. Throughout, Marcel