Semicolon

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Semicolon
ISBN 9781919520513 ∙ Adult poetry
197mm x 130mm x 3mm ∙ 36pp ∙ 01:09:26
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Faced with a serious operation – a partial colectomy – multi-award-winning poet copland smith explains, with honesty and humour, how to deal with the interminable preparation, operation, hospitalisation, and the aftermath.

An acute reflection on the realities of illness, ageing, and what it means to survive another day.

“An astonishing journey and we are there with him at every moment. Original, humane and educational. An excellent read.” Dr Chris Woods

“Semicolon shows a man moving from one stage of life to another: a pause longer than a comma but not yet a full stop.” Steven Waling

“It’s familiar unfamiliar, or unfamiliar familiar – ‘the strangeness of a normal world’ – and it works.” Sarah-Clare Conlon

Cover design by Paul Neads.


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