The Hundred Thousand Places by Thomas A Clark

The Hundred Thousand Places by Thomas A Clark

Delicately looping across several distinct seasons through a variety of highland and island environments, this breathtakingly perceptive prose offers a unique and highly visualized perspective of the meandering Scottish landscape. Suggesting that the nature of walking is a state of continual waking, this reflective and enduring poem trails along the coast, over mountains and moorland, through pine and birch forests, all while remaining attentive and responsive to the stimuli encountered. Gentle lapses in concentration or a subtle pause in narrative prompt deep reflection in this beautifully composed traipse through the tangible landscapes of adistinctlyrareimagination.

'Thomas A Clark is an installation artist whose book-length sequence The Hundred Thousand Places explores the landscape round Pittenweem on the Fife coastThere is little of Wordsworth's egotistical sublime on show here...The Hundred Thousand Places stands at a tentative and oblique angle to the more established modes of pastoral writing.' - David Wheatley, the Guardian.

Thomas A Clark lives in a fishing village on the east coast of Scotland. Five books of his poetry have been published by Carcanet, including The Hundred Thousand Places (2009), Yellow & Blue (2014), Farm by the Shore (2017), The Threadbare Coat (2020) and that which appears (2024). Numerous small books, cards and editions from his own Moschatel Press investigate ways that the presentation of poetry can inform sense and nuance. During the summer months, with the artist Laurie Clark, he runs Cairn Gallery, a space for minimal and conceptual art.

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ISBN 13	9781847770059
ISBN 10	1847770053
Title	The Hundred Thousand Places
Author	Thomas A Clark
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Carcanet Press Ltd
Year published	2009-11-28
Number of pages	96
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