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A Poetry Book Society Recommendation
A Sunday Times, Telegraph and Irish Times Book of the Year, After Party marks the debut collection of Dean Browne, who arrives with the maturity and style of a seasoned poet. In this standout collection of poems, each one tests the boundaries of its unique universe.
Browne is a mesmeric teller of strange tales, crafting imaginings that appear origamically contained within the compressed dimensions of verse. A leg embarks on a long train journey; a Parisian alley cat is launched into space; earthbound lovers strive to connect while their inner lives remain unbridgeable.
The poems embody mourning, elegizing two poets – Charles Simic and the late Donegal poet Matthew Sweeney – who provide a touchstone for sensibilities, yet Browne’s significant talent is distinctly his own. After Party introduces a beguiling, resonant new voice with a raised eyebrow and a fidelity to the image, sometimes carried along a tightrope much further than seems possible.
In pieces that are both death-haunted and youthful, intertwined with a delicious dark humor, Dean Browne injects a much-needed dose of the surreal – or the surreal-ish, as he may prefer to say – into Ireland’s rising generation.
“Wildly expressive and exuberant, throwing out phrases and ideas almost recklessly. . . After Party is surely the start of an exceptional poetic career” – Graeme Richardson, Sunday Times Books of the Year.
“Poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling” – Caroline Bird.
“The success of this Cork-based 31-year-old is by no means a surprise . . . But it’s still refreshing to encounter such a distilled, haunting voice” – Telegraph, Books of the Year.
“Dean Browne is a terrific poet: his language is agile and fresh, his ideas surprising, and the reader feels invigorated, renewed – and lucky to have met such poems” – Nick Laird.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishers
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 96
- Release Date
- 09/12/2025
- Publication Date
- 2025
- Dimensions
- 15.2x19.7 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781035054671
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