Wooroloo

Welcome to the meticulously observed world of Frieda Hughes.It is a world of tangible materiality constantly on the brink of change, a world populated with foxes and fire, fathers, and lovers, mothers and birdmen--a world that is ultimately combustible, fragile, fearsome, and elegiacally beautiful.Hughes maps the landscape, both within and without, in language possessed of an almost painterly sensitivity and a sublime mastery of craft.The self she depicts is one who is tested by loss, danger, betrayal, and abandonment, yet one who is transformed through experience into a world beyond nihilism and despair: a place that makes possible truth, strength of character, and the redemptive power of love.SC, 64 pages.