Published: 2001
No of Pages: 96
RRP: 21.95
ISBN Print: 1 876040 34 3
Heart with Piano Wire
Shortlisted for 2001 The Age Book of the Year for Poetry
Heart with piano wire is ‘confessional’ poetry which refuses to whinge, but engages the reader through powerful imagery in what Dr Craig Powell has described as “devastatingly honest testaments about home and family, and the hurt that family members visit upon one another, from generation to generation.” The poems move beyond simple catharsis to grip, even disconcert the reader, with an artful directness.
“This collection is lyrical, touching, vulnerable and mournfully humorous. When the question is asked if confessional verse is worth the self-exposure, in this case one can only say it is. A major new find.” – The Age
About the Author
Richard Deutch was born in the USA in 1944. He published eight books of poetry and prose in Australia, USA and UK. He worked as a university lecturer, journalist, Master of Latin at a prep school, as a literary agent and as a film reviewer. He was well-known to the Australian literary community for his poetry, as well as his other books on magic and the occult. Deutch’s latest book of poetry, Heart with Piano Wire (Brandl & Schlesinger), was shortlisted for the 2001 The Age Poetry Book of the Year Award. He lived on Sydney’s northern beaches and from time to time in Belleville, Illinois. He was married to the late Maria Trefely-Deutch, herself a literary critic and author. Richard Deutch died of cardiac arrest in Sydney on 19 May, 2005.
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