Paper Bark Press
Four Zoas of Australia
Norman Talbot
1992, 112 pages, softcover, 215x150mm
ISBN 0 9585 801 88
Cover photograph: 'Equinox, Albion Fyre 1976' by Juno Gemes
'Norman Talbot is nonconformist in temper. No one could mistake his poetic temper for that of anyone else, and in an age when any number of well-acclaimed sensitive poets might very well be each other, this is joy for the reader. He takes language and polishes it from the rust of ages so that it shines in the mind. His poems are distinguished by an inward energy. When Australian poetry, like Blake's Albion, has grown dull and heavy, we have Norman Talbot to cry "Awake!". This book confirms my view that Norman Talbot is the most versatile poet writing in Australia.'
~ Gwen Harwood
Four Zoas of Australia was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's C.J. Dennis Award for Poetry.