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This collection is ideal for readers of contemporary poetry who appreciate lyrical craftsmanship and emotional insight. It will resonate with those interested in poetry that balances personal reflection with broader existential themes.
'Paterson is simply one of the best living poets in the UK' Observer
Rain, by Don Paterson, is the first new collection of poems for six years from the acclaimed Scottish poet and winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry (2003).
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In this, his first volume of original verse since the award-winning Landing Light, Don Paterson is found writing at his most memorable and direct. In an assembly of masterful lyrics and monologues, he conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces within the world and simultaneously offer some protection against them.
Whether outwardly elemental in their address, or more personal in their direction, these poems— to the rain and the sea, to his young sons or beloved friends— never shy from their inquiry into truth and lie, embracing everything in scope from the rangy narrative to the tiny renku.
Rain, which includes the winner of this year's Forward Prize for the Best Individual Poem and an extended elegy for the poet Michael Donaghy, is Don Paterson's most intimate and manifest collection to date.
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Praised as a significant work in modern poetry, Rain has been acclaimed for its truthful engagement with life’s complexities and its memorable, clear-eyed lyricism. Critics highlight Paterson’s skill in musicality and depth, with some comparing his work favourably to Yeats. It has been described as a must-read and one of the best collections by a leading contemporary UK poet.
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ISBN: 9780571251742
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 August 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 115g
Pages: 72
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About the Author
Don Paterson was born in Dundee in 1963. He works as a musician and editor and has written four collections of poems, Nil Nil (1993), God's Gift to Women (1997) - winner of both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, The Eyes (1999) and Landing Light which won both the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Poetry. He lives in Kirriemuir, Angus.
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