From The Neanderthal

Paperback (27 Apr 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780224090889
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 64
Weight: 56g
Height: 199mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 5mm