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The Irish-American poet James Thornton is known globally as a world-leading environmental lawyer working to save the planet. In this second poetry collection he returns to the same French Pyrenean village every Spring. Over 25 years he has settled at his desk, the flanks of hillsides beyond his window, and captured in verse the life and nature of the French Pyrenean village that is his second home. James’s poetry conjures the lives of ancient villagers. snakes, turtles, fish, birds, flowers, crops, insects, hogs and children.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Barbican Press
Imprint: Barbican Press
Publication Date:
03 July 2020
ISBN: 9781909954366
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Nature, Modern & contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY / European / French, Nature & the natural world: general interest
‘A poignant and evocative paean to an ancient village high in the French Pyrenees, where the reinvigorating miracle of the natural world is tinged with reflections on mortality' - Homero Aridjis, Mexican Poet and former President of PEN International
‘Weaves quiet perception and poignant reflection on humans, animals, and landscape into a shimmering pattern of southern French light.' - Olafur Eliasson, creator of In Real Life exhibition at Tate Modern in 2020