The Bone Flowers
$27.35
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
Published in a special signed limited edition of 500 copies to celebrate the author’s 80th birthday, John Fuller’s full-length narrative poem is a resonant celebration of life and the things we leave behind.
‘When does a poem end?’
In this rambunctious romp of a narrative poem, John Fuller taps out the rhythms of life against the riddle of time – from his story of opportunistic art-dealer Old Billy Emerald and his fabled Shakespeare manuscript, to the ghosts of great poets and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784741525 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784741523 |
| Author: | John Fuller |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 115g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 120mm x 10mm |
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One of England’s greatest poets - an artist unafraid to combine intellect with sensuousness
One of England’s greatest poets – an artist unafraid to combine intellect with sensuousness * Telegraph *
About The Author
John Fuller
John Fuller, born in Ashford, Kent, is an acclaimed poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires (1996) was awarded the Forward Prize; Ghosts (2004) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award for Poetry; The Space of Joy (2006) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award, and The Grey Among the Green (1988), Song & Dance (2008) and Pebble & I (2010) were all Poetry Book Society Recommendations. His 1983 novel Flying to Nowhere won the Whitbread First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written collections of short stories and several books for children. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
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