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The Vast Extent

On Seeing and Not Seeing Further
Brief Description
'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.' Sunday Times 'Remarkable, visionary.' CELIA PAUL 'Indescribably brilliant.' Daily Telegraph 'Kaleidoscopic.' Guardian 'A rare pleasure . . . rewarding and thought-provoking.' Irish Times From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a constellation of "exploded essays" about light... Read More
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From the renowned poet, novelist and memoirist, an ingenious constellation of writings on light, image, seeing . . . and the unseen.

From the renowned poet, novelist and memoirist, an ingenious constellation of writings on light, image, seeing . . . and the unseen.

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'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.' Sunday Times
'Remarkable, visionary.' CELIA PAUL
'Indescribably brilliant.' Daily Telegraph
'Kaleidoscopic.' Guardian
'A rare pleasure . . . rewarding and thought-provoking.' Irish Times

From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a constellation of "exploded essays" about light and image, seeing and the unseen. Each is a record of how thought builds and ideas emerge, aligning art, myth, strange voyages and scientific scrutiny with a poet's response so that they cast light upon each other.

In this original and illuminating work, Lavinia Greenlaw invites us to observe our world and beyond with a new sensitivity.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571355648

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Lavinia Greenlaw has published three novels and six collections of poetry. Her works of non-fiction include Some Answers Without Questions, The Importance of Music to Girls and Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland. Her writing has appeared in frieze, the London Review of Books and the New Yorker, among other publications.

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