Wing

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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'. Vorwort Adventurous and illuminating, Matthew Francis's poetry collection is full of flight, air and possibility - now in paperback. Zusammenfassung 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'.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Francis
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780571358625
• ISBN: 978-0-571-35862-5
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)