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A remarkable new collection from our finest lyric poet 'One of the most gifted poets writing today' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'By far the best British poet alive' SPECTATOR In this powerful, moving new book, John Burnside takes his cue from Schiller, who recognized that, as one thing fades, so another flourishes: everywhere and always, in matters great and small, new life blossoms amongst the ruins. Here, in poems that explore ageing, mortality, environmental destruction and mental illness, Burnside not only mourns what is lost in passing, but also celebrates the new, and sometimes unexpected, forms that emerge from such losses. An elegy for a dead lover ends with a quiet recognition of everyday beauty - first sun streaming through the trees ... a skylark in the near field, flush with song - as the speaker emerges from lockdown after a long illness. Throughout, the poet attends to the quality of grace - numinous, exquisite, fleeting as an angel's wing - and the broken tryst between humankind and its spiritual and animal elements, even with itself: the gaunt deer on the roads/like refugees. He acknowledges the inevitability of the fading towards death, but still finds chimes of light in the darkness - insisting that, here and now, even in decline, the world, when given its due attention, is all Annunciation.

In "Apostasie," John Burnside explores the shift from religious to earthly revelation and self-awareness, influenced by his Catholic upbringing. His poems invoke forgotten aspects of existence, highlighting the unseen world with vivid imagery, such as "starlight" as "rumor on the skin" and "pollen" scattered like "the timeless script of a world before the word."

Die ganze Verletzlichkeit des Lebens in nur einem Moment​Was macht eine gute Beziehung aus? Was ist Liebe – und was nicht? John Burnsides Geschichten tauchen in das Leben von Männern und Frauen ein, die – in einer Ehe gefangen, gebeutelt von falschen Erwartungen, dem Alkohol verfallen – alles andere als ideale Paare verkörpern. Untreu, einsam, krank, begegnet man seinen Heldinnen und Helden bevorzugt nachts auf leeren Straßen. Von so etwas wie Glück können sie nur träumen, ihre Gefühle bleiben meist sprachlos. Und doch könnten sie unsere Nachbarn sein.Burnside ist einer der besten Gegenwartslyriker und zugleich bemerkenswerter Essayist und Romancier. Mit dem vorliegenden Band lässt er sich nun erstmals in deutscher Sprache auch als Autor von Kurzgeschichten kennenlernen. Jede der zwölf Erzählungen der von ihm eigens zusammengestellten Auswahl zeigt die ganze Verletzlichkeit eines Lebens in nur einem Moment – und besitzt dennoch das Gewicht und die Dichte eines großen Romans.»Ein schottischer Raymond Carver.« Independent

Eine betörende, sprachgewaltige Hymne auf die Kraft der Vergänglichkeit »Das Altern ist der langsamste Prozess, den der Mensch kennt – und doch, wie plötzlich ist mein Leib alt geworden.« Früh Erlebtes und Gefühltes beschwörend, macht uns John Burnside die Magie der Vergänglichkeit begreifbar. Entlang persönlicher Lektüren, Erfahrungen mit Film, Musik und bildender Kunst, entwirft er, angefangen mit seiner Kindheit in einer sterbenden Bergarbeiterstadt, eine Geografie seiner Imagination. Oszillierend zwischen Helligkeit und Schwärze, voller Wissen um Abgründe, aber auch um eine lichte Gegenwärtigkeit. Ars moriendi – das Sterben als Kunstform – wurde selten so aktuell, politisch und sinnlich interpretiert wie hier von einem der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller der europäischen Gegenwartsliteratur. Eine beglückende und bittersüße Verneigung vor dem Zauber des Moments im Augenblick seines Erlöschens. Ein sprachgewaltiges Fest. »In diesem Licht wird Burnsides eigenes Werk neu lesbar: als Schreiben auf der Suche nach einem Himmel auf Erden …« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Andreas Platthaus

The book was originally published in a slightly different format in Great Britain in 2019 by Profile Books Ltd. It offers insights or narratives that reflect its unique publication history and context.

Lucid, lyrical, and intellectually profound, this poetry collection resonates with themes of life, death, and the charmed darkness in between. Several ghosts haunt the work, including the author's mother, honored in a powerful pastoral elegy, and the poet Arthur Rimbaud, who searches for belonging in an improbable Lincolnshire landscape. The echoes of a lost pagan ancestry emerge unexpectedly, revealing a profound presence amid contemporary life. Central to the collection is Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep, symbolizing the author's struggle with a severe sleep disorder that culminated in a near-death experience, influencing the latter part of the book. Additionally, the poems offer provocative reflections on the harm caused by institutions, such as organized religion and marriage, as well as the societal constructs of gender and romantic love that shape our lives. This collection showcases Burnside at his most elegiac, while also celebrating a radical sense of cultural independence. The work has been praised for its concision and beauty, solidifying Burnside's status as one of the finest British poets of our time.

Essays on extinction, death, renewal and continuity by the acclaimed writer and poet. Prompted by his own near death experience Burnside reflects on the stories of the auroch, the great auk, and of humanity.

Though we might not realise it, our collective memory of the twentieth century was defined by the poets who lived and wrote in it. At every significant turning point we find them, pen in hand, fingers poised at the typewriter, ready to distil the essence of the moment, from the muddy wastes of the Western front to the vast reckoning that came with the end of empire. This is the first and only history of twentieth century poetry, by the acclaimed poet, author and academic John Burnside. Bringing together poets from times and places as diverse as Tsarist Russia, 1960's America and Ireland at the height of the Troubles, The Music of Time reveals how poets engaged with and shaped the most important issues of their times - and were in their turn affected by their context and dialogue with each other. This is a major work of scholarship, that on every page bears witness to the transformative beauty and power of poetry.

What does it mean to live with integrity in the United States of America? That is the question haunting John Burnside's new novel... The way that Burnside layers these stories is masterful, and becomes a meditation on storytelling itself. Duncan White Daily Telegraph