Nine Lessons From The Dark Paperback / softback
by Adam Thorpe
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Adam Thorpe's fourth collection continues his engagement with history: the living continuum that connects us with our near and distant past, nourishing and illuminating our present.
Here are traces left of presence: Indian scratchings on rock, the nail-marks of destroyed frescoes, spoken fragments of war memories - petroglyphs that function as both memorials and re-awakenings, traceable with the finger of the imagination. And here, too, are images of the stilled, the stopped life: a snowed-up village, the paralysed victim of motor-neurone disease, a soft drink fermented in an old village cafe.
From this rueful equilibrium of mid-life, Thorpe circles his own personal history, allowing regret and anticipation their Janus-like say.
These are erudite, generous poems, formally versatile yet rich in startlingly original observation and a natural lyric grace.
Performing his unique archaeology on lives lived, Adam Thorpe once again displays the range of his imagination and the depth of his humanity.
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- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:20/11/2003
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- ISBN:9780224063852
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:96 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:20/11/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780224063852