One Little Room - Paperback

by Peter McDonald (Author)

A poignant exploration of memory, history, and identity through the lens of confined spaces.

In One Little Room, Peter McDonald delves into the depths of personal and historical memory, transforming ordinary spaces into gateways of freshly imagined realities. From a Belfast childhood to encounters with historical figures like St.-John Perse, these poems reconstruct public and private histories, offering new perspectives on time and circumstance. The collection engages with themes of loss, love, and transformation, inviting readers to reflect on the interplay between confinement and freedom.

McDonald's eighth collection invites you to witness the transformations of memory and history, loss and love. Perfect for readers of contemporary poetry and those interested in Irish literature.

Author Biography

Peter McDonald was born in Belfast in 1962. His first book of poetry, Biting the Wax, was published in 1989, and since then seven volumes of his verse have appeared, including his Collected Poems (2012). He has written four books of literary criticism, including Mistaken Identities: Poetry and Northern Ireland (1997) and Sound Intentions: The Workings of Rhyme in Nineteenth-Century Poetry (2012), and has edited Louis MacNeice's Collected Poems (2007) and most recently three volumes of the Longman Poems of W.B. Yeats. He is Emeritus Professor of British and Irish Poetry at Oxford University.