Hofmann, Michael

New York. 1990. Ecco Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0880011971. 112 pages. hardcover. Cover photograph of the author by Charlie Waite. keywords: Literature Poetry England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - KS. IN LAKELAND marks the U.S. literary debut of one of Britain's finest young poets. Michael Hofmann's work is informed by intelligence and passion, with a level of urgency and precision to which we have become unaccustomed. His poems are parabolas of seemingly haphazard and vulnerable observations - masking musical and imagistic strengths, and a characteristic strong-mindedness - that enforce surprising connections between the disparate subjects they take in. Hofmann's alert intensity, his highly individual turn of phrase, and lurking, mournful wit make these immediately compelling poems to be read again and again. At only thirty-two, Michael Hofmann has caught the attention of poets and critics on the international scene with his first two collections of poems, NIGHTS IN THE IRON HOTEL and ACRIMONY. K. S. IN LAKELAND contains the best of these volumes, along with new poems not yet published in Britain or America. inventory #20665 ISBN: 0880011971.