Synopsis
Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk.
The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore.
Behind every famous man is a great woman – and from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection of feminist poems.
Original, subversive, full of imagination and quicksilver wit, The World's Wife is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at her beguiling best, reissued as part of the Picador Collection.
Details
11 January 2024
96 pages
9781035038541
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
“Carol Ann Duffy is a poet of skill, talent and great heart”Erica Wagner
“Poignant, thoughtful, funny, rich and accessible”Ruth Padel, Books of the Year, Guardian
“It sparkes with wit, intelligence and an impressive lightness of touch, while drawing on some weighty emotional experiences: loneliness, jealousy, self-loathing, desire, the fierceness of a mother's love”Christina Patterson, Independent
“This book is going to be a hit, and can only consolidate Duffy's position as one of the most widely read British poets of her generation”Robert Crawford, Herald
