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The poems in Adam Thorpe's latest collection are concerned with the continuum between two worlds: the lived present and the felt past. With the attentive care of an archaeologist he uncovers and examines fragments - from a personal history or the historic past - and rebuilds the narrative: a fossil in Hitler's stadium, a wedding photograph, marks on the wall where an eighteenth-century priest was shot. With formal dexterity and rhythmic assurance, these versatile, subtle poems investigate the vertiginous dynamic of history - where a shard of stone stands for civilisation, where a silver of memory becomes a life re-lived. After nine years, during which time he has emerged as one of Britain's most powerful and innovative novelists, Adam Thorpe now returns - triumphantly - to poetry.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: From The Neanderthal
• Author: Adam Thorpe
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9780224090889
• ISBN: 0224090887
• ID: 04541832
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Weight: 56 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 129 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. April 2010

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