Words of Mercury

Words of Mercury

Alasdair Paterson

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Editorial:
Shearsman Books
Año de edición:
2024
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781848619067
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In his fourth collection from Shearsman Books, Alasdair Paterson ranges as widely as ever - from the bewilderments of a Scottish childhood to the mixed messages of later life, from gnarly nature notes to an A-Z of lines salvaged from lost Russian novels. The spirit of Mercury - bringer of messages, patron of tricksters, keeper and crosser of boundaries - hovers invisibly and a tad unreliably overhead.Critical responses - 'You can take the boy out of Leith but seemingly you can’t stop him writing poems about it. Take a telling, pal!' -Leith Literary Gazette'In this latest brazen provocation, the great Russian literary tradition is alphabetically disrespected. Needless to say, there will be consequences...' -Kamchatka Hints and Tips'Here’s a city boy’s take on the glories of the natural world. On  the evidence of this, we have to ask: Mr Paterson, did you ever stand in a field of cows with the wind in your face?' -Forfar Farmer

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