Gravity for Beginners by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Kevin Crossley-Holland’s name will be familiar to readers of all ages for his historical novels, his re-telling of the Norse myths and his many volumes of poetry. Previously published by the late Enitharmon Press, he is a very welcome newcomer to Arc with his twelfth collection – his first for six years – inspired by the “heavenly squelch” of his own north Norfolk where “the word on the tip of your tongue may be sacramental”. As Ronald Blythe puts it: “His language has been honed by the Norfolk and Suffolk climate itself, and has the polish of split flint.”
Kevin Crossley-Holland is a prize-winning poet, children’s author, translator, librettist, and editor. He won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction prize, and his Arthur trilogy was translated into twenty-six languages. He is the author of The Penguin Book of Norse Myths, Arthur the Always King, and celebrated retellings of British folktales, and has translated Beowulf and many of the shorter Old English poems. His memoir of childhood, The Hidden Roads, revolving around the sanctity and splintering of family, is steeped in the landscape and layers of England, and was highly praised by Rowan Williams, while Philip Pullman has written of his work, “Kevin Crossley-Holland is a master, a magician and commander of the language, the roots of whose work are deeply entwined with ancient patterns of truth and knowledge. I salute and venerate him.” He has collaborated with many leading composers and artists, including Sir Arthur Bliss, Nicola LeFanu, Bob Chilcott, Bernard Hughes and Charles Keeping, John Lawrence, Norman Ackroyd, Chris Riddell and Andrew Rafferty. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Society of Authors, and an Honorary Fellow of Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford. His archive is housed in the Brotherton Collection at Leeds University. He has a Minnesotan wife, four children and nine grandchildren, and lives in North Norfolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910345399 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910345393 |
| Title | Gravity for Beginners |
| Author | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Arc Publications |
| Year published | 2021-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 74 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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