Hiddensee by Annie Freud James Womack hugely impressive in its range

hugely impressive in its range and risk

What brings them together is the extraordinary

perspective and ambition that often denotes a mode built on constant revision

features outstanding poems and vivid prose

and sometimes it represents an outside space which the poet interiorises

Hiddensee by Annie Freud James Womack hugely impressive in its rangeA powerful collection from the T. S. Eliot Prize shortlisted Annie Freud. Hiddensee represents Annie Freuds most ambitious work to date, not least because it is a book about ambition and its necessity, the need to go beyond oneself, and to do what one cannot: Freud dives into other ways of thinking, other art forms, the taboos of illness and desire, and spectacularly other languages. This ambition has also emboldened Freud to pursue and confront the