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House Against the Night

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (112 pages)

(Pub. Jun 1976)

9780856460258

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A House Against the Night collects Harry Guest’s poems written mainly during 1969–73 – the latter part of his time in Japan, and the first two years since his return to England.

Harry Guest was born in Penarth, Wales in 1932. He read Modern Languages at Cambridge before beginning a career as a teacher in schools and universities in Japan and England. He edited and translated Penguin’s Post-War Japanese Poetry (1972). Recent books include a novel Lost Pictures and Traveller’s Literary Companion to ... read more

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House Against the Night Harry Guest Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (112 pages) (Pub. Jun 1976) 9780856460258 Out of Stock Description Author A House Against the Night collects Harry Guest’s poems written mainly during 1969–73 – the latter part of his time in Japan, and the first two years since his return to England. Harry Guest was born in Penarth, Wales in 1932. He read Modern Languages at Cambridge before beginning a career as a teacher in schools and universities in Japan and England. He edited and translated Penguin’s Post-War Japanese Poetry (1972). Recent books include a novel Lost Pictures and Traveller’s Literary Companion to ... read more	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog We've Moved! read more Books of the Year read more One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more
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