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Matthew Francis's latest collection celebrates the richness of nature and of our responses to it. And, in a moving elegy for a friend killed in a parachute accident, Francis shows us a vertiginous vision of a world where even the dead 'sleep on the wing'.

 

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This shimmering collection dissects the natural world with a wondering, meticulous eye, by a gentle and quiet poet who occasionally recalls Dylan Thomas. - Guardian Best Books of 2020

Outstanding. Poignant, sensitive, intricate, witty, it captures both panorama and microcosm.' - The Tablet

Linguistic precision sustains [Francis's] new collection . . . The sense of discovery and delight is palpable' - Standpoint

Book Description

Adventurous and illuminating, Matthew Francis's poetry collection is full of flight, air and possibility - now in paperback.

About the Author

Matthew Francis is the author of four Faber collections, most recently Muscovy (2013). He has twice been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and in 2004 was chosen as one of the Next Generation poets. He has also edited W. S. Graham's New Collected Poems, and published a collection of short stories and two novels, the second of which, The Book of the Needle (Cinnamon Press), came out in 2014. He lives in West Wales and is Professor in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University.
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  • ISBN: 9780571358625
  • Author: Matthew Francis
  • Publisher: Faber And Faber
  • Pages: 80
  • Format: Paperback
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Book Description

Matthew Francis's latest collection celebrates the richness of nature and of our responses to it. And, in a moving elegy for a friend killed in a parachute accident, Francis shows us a vertiginous vision of a world where even the dead 'sleep on the wing'.

 

Review

This shimmering collection dissects the natural world with a wondering, meticulous eye, by a gentle and quiet poet who occasionally recalls Dylan Thomas. - Guardian Best Books of 2020

Outstanding. Poignant, sensitive, intricate, witty, it captures both panorama and microcosm.' - The Tablet

Linguistic precision sustains [Francis's] new collection . . . The sense of discovery and delight is palpable' - Standpoint

Book Description

Adventurous and illuminating, Matthew Francis's poetry collection is full of flight, air and possibility - now in paperback.

About the Author

Matthew Francis is the author of four Faber collections, most recently Muscovy (2013). He has twice been shortlisted for the Forward Prize, and in 2004 was chosen as one of the Next Generation poets. He has also edited W. S. Graham's New Collected Poems, and published a collection of short stories and two novels, the second of which, The Book of the Needle (Cinnamon Press), came out in 2014. He lives in West Wales and is Professor in Creative Writing at Aberystwyth University.

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