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Encounters with R. S.
Av Various, John Barnie
Häftad, 2013
170 kr
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Published on the centenary of the birth of R. S. Thomas, these essays show the many ways in which both the man and the poetry inspired affection and admiration in others. Foreword by Ali Anwar.
Dunes of Cwm Rheidol
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2023
290 kr
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Walking the razor edge between grim reality and stoicism, John Barnie once again brings his intelligence, wit and prescient anger to bear on the world we inhabit and the world we are making. In spine-chilling imagery and with a linguistic dexterity that makes words shine, we are taken to a …
In the Shadow of the Yew
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2026
164 kr
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In a tight sequence of 33 poems, In the Shadow of the Yew, John Barnie leads us through ‘the cemetery of hopes’ (Conrad). A layered monologue in a distinctive voice that is incisive and deeply questioning, Barnie asks whether the suffering of humanity and the suffering we inflict renders our …
Tsunami Days
Av John Barnie
E-bok, 2023
77 kr
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"We need more writers with bite. We have lived in the flatlands too long," writes John Barnie in one of his ''observations'' (''Art in the Flatlands''). And bite he delivers.Ranging across politics, history, culture, ecological disaster, the meaning of truth, poetry, what we mean by identity and …
Aferlives
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2021
172 kr
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Afterlives sees John Barnie engaging with images once again, as he did in his book A Year of Flowers. Here, Barnie deploys his skills of perception to respond to a group of paintings in Peter Lord’s art collection. These are images that have been familiar to Barnie for years, yet he approaches them …
Tsunami Days
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2023
164 kr
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“We need more writers with bite. We have lived in the flatlands too long,” writes John Barnie in one of his ‘observations’ (‘Art in the Flatlands’). And bite he delivers. Ranging across politics, history, culture, ecological disaster, the meaning of truth, poetry, what we mean by identity and more… …
Sea Lilies
Selected Poems 1984-2003
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2006
139 kr
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This generous Selected Poems from John Barnie includes work from seven of his previous collections: Borderland (1984), Lightning Country (1987), Clay (1989), The Confirmation (1992), The City (1993), Heroes (1996) and At the Salt Hotel (2003). His poetry celebrates the natural world – its otherness …
Ice
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2024
164 kr
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Set in a future that may not be too distant, the ice caps have melted and the Atlantic Conveyor of warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic has collapsed, plunging North America and Europe into a new ice age.Famine, death and conflict stalk the frozen continents, but in the city-state of …
No Hiding Place
Essays on the New Nature and Poetry
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 1996
157 kr
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This text explores the possible consequences for philosophy, religion and the humanities in general, arising out of the Neo-Darwinism synthesis of evolutionary theory with genetics - which has produced a new model of what nature is.
Fire Drill
Av John Barnie
Häftad, 2010
121 kr
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the first decade of the twenty-first century'. It represents a strand of contemporary thought at once Barnie's but also that of a wider, if relatively silent section of the general public. The essays are antagonistic to 'junk culture', political expediency, cultural imperialism, globalisation and …
