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The fall at home : new and selected aphorisms / Don Paterson.

By: Publisher: London : Faber & Faber, 2018Description: 212 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780571338214 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 828.9202 23
Contents:
The fall at home -- The blind eye -- The book of shadows -- Afterword: on aphorisms
Summary: The Fall at Home adds a third new volume of aphorism to Don Paterson's previous acclaimed collections. Here the reader will find hundreds of reflections on love, God, art, sex, death, work, and the spirit, imagination and conduct of the human animal. Writing with the same blend of high seriousness, black humour and lyric precision that define his poetry, Don Paterson has made a book to carry everywhere and open anywhere, to lighten or darken the moment - but always to administer a jolt to the idling mind.
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2019 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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The fall at home -- The blind eye -- The book of shadows -- Afterword: on aphorisms

The Fall at Home adds a third new volume of aphorism to Don Paterson's previous acclaimed collections. Here the reader will find hundreds of reflections on love, God, art, sex, death, work, and the spirit, imagination and conduct of the human animal. Writing with the same blend of high seriousness, black humour and lyric precision that define his poetry, Don Paterson has made a book to carry everywhere and open anywhere, to lighten or darken the moment - but always to administer a jolt to the idling mind.

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