Now All Roads Lead to France by Matthew Hollis
Winner of the Costa Biography Award, a fascinating exploration of one of the twentieth centurys most influential poets.
"[An] excellent account…beautifully structured by place, year and season" -- Guardian
"A perceptive biography that traces an author’s trajectory from disillusioned prose scribe to acclaimed poet.... Poet Hollis (Ground Water, 2004), who edited a volume of Thomas’ selected poetry, expertly recreates the upheaval of English society as it made the transition from genteel post-Victorianism to brash modernism. Thomas stood poised on the dividing line between W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot and justly remains a towering figure in English poetry. This diligently researched and masterfully written exposition will appeal to Anglophiles and fans of literary biography." -- Kirkus Reviews
"I read this book entranced, inspired, anxious, and grateful, and I finished it in tears. It is important and it is wonderful." -- Carol Ann Duffy, British poet laureate
"A perceptive biography that traces an author’s trajectory from disillusioned prose scribe to acclaimed poet.... Poet Hollis (Ground Water, 2004), who edited a volume of Thomas’ selected poetry, expertly recreates the upheaval of English society as it made the transition from genteel post-Victorianism to brash modernism. Thomas stood poised on the dividing line between W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot and justly remains a towering figure in English poetry. This diligently researched and masterfully written exposition will appeal to Anglophiles and fans of literary biography." -- Kirkus Reviews
"I read this book entranced, inspired, anxious, and grateful, and I finished it in tears. It is important and it is wonderful." -- Carol Ann Duffy, British poet laureate
Matthew Hollis is the author of Ground Water, Earth House, and Now All Roads Lead to France: A Life of Edward Thomas, a Sunday Times Biography of the Year. He is the poetry editor at Faber & Faber, London, and lives in the United Kingdom.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393089073 |
| ISBN 10 | 039308907X |
| Title | Now All Roads Lead to France |
| Author | Matthew Hollis |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2012-12-21 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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