Greenfields by Richard Price
A quiet but fast-changing corner of Scotland is tenderly documented in this collection that sets family, lovers, and geographical and dynastic time against the speed of modernity. The theme of a modern territory superimposed onto a much older one is developed as the poetry elegizes the ancient landscape of Renfrewshire. The collection is also sensitive to the nuances of family relationships and has an uncanny evocation of a child s developing perspective of friends, siblings, and parents. Ultimately, this compilation reclaims suburbia as a place of unexpected poetry and even beauty.
Praise for Price's previous collection, Lucky Day: Price's humane intelligence manifests itself in deceptively simple and subtly musical forms of addressReaders who allow themselves the pleasure will not be disappointed. - Robert Potts, The Guardian ...an astonishingly moving, filigree-fine book. - SB Kelly, Sunday Herald.
Richard Price was born in 1966 and grew up in Scotland. He trained as a journalist at Napier College, Edinburgh, before studying English and Librarianship at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, graduating in 1988 with a double first. Lucky Day (Carcanet, 2004), a Book of the Year in The Guardian and in Scotland on Sunday, was shortlisted for several prizes, including the Whitbread. He has two children and lives in London, where he is Head of Modern British Collections at the British Library.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857549201 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857549201 |
| Title | Greenfields |
| Author | Richard Price |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-07-26 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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