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- Book Synopsis
- The definitive selection of John Burnside's extraordinary and vibrant poems, taken from across decades but always stirring, curious, alert to the natural world and the people in it 'It's impossible not to love the world more when reading Burnside' GUARDIAN Over thirty-five years and seventeen collections, John Burnside built a body of poetry that was consistently luminous, original and profound, always in thrall to the glamourie - a magical, fleeting enchantment - always in search of settlement, harmony and grace. His work is both intimately personal and universal, often moving through stages of vulnerability, turbulence, terror, and desire, to artistic positions that are sensitive and highly alert. He risked much for his art and its integrity, in order to arrive at a new and unique understanding of beauty and truth - and to offer a fresh angle from which to view the world, through nature, myth, and magic. For him, every poem was an alchemical transformation, a metamorphosis, an epiphany. 'Among the best writers of his generation, fully voiced and perfectly pitched' Andrew O'Hagan 'A master of language' Hilary Mantel 'Burnside's sharp, suturing language allows us to know the world as it is: ragged and broken, yet full of impossibly fragile beauty' Rebecca Tamás
- About The Author
- John Burnside was among the most acclaimed writers of his generation. His novels, short stories, poetry and memoirs won numerous awards, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial, Saltire Scottish Book of the Year and, in 2023, he received the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in literature. In 2011 Black Cat Bone won both the Forward and the T.S. Eliot Prizes for poetry. He died in 2024.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781787336667
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, (20 August 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Weight
- 304 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 206 x 139 x 23 mm
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