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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 27/04/2010
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ISBN: 9780224090889
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Length: 64 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 4mm x 129mm
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Weight: 54g
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RRP: £10.00
The poems in Adam Thorpe's latest collection are concerned with the continuum between two worlds: the lived present and the felt past. With the attentive care of an archaeologist he uncovers and examines fragments - from a personal history or the historic past - and rebuilds the narrative: a fossil in Hitler's stadium, a wedding photograph, marks on the wall where an eighteenth-century priest was shot. With formal dexterity and rhythmic assurance, these versatile, subtle poems investigate the vertiginous dynamic of history - where a shard of stone stands for civilisation, where a silver of memory becomes a life re-lived. After nine years, during which time he has emerged as one of Britain's most powerful and innovative novelists, Adam Thorpe now returns - triumphantly - to poetry.
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 27/04/2010
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ISBN: 9780224090889
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Length: 64 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 4mm x 129mm
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Weight: 54g
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RRP: £10.00
Reviews
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"Writer with exceptional gifts."
Sunday Times
