{"product_id":"empire-of-forgetting-the","title":"Empire of Forgetting, The","description":"''A master of language'' HILARY MANTEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Burnside’s last collection of new poems gathers around a single theme – mortality – and draws on his faltering health and earlier glances with death, creating a powerfully moving exploration of memory, forgetting and the seven ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, as always, there is a clear-eyed curiosity; a sense of wonder at the beleaguered natural world and its endless mutability – its hidden beauty, often suddenly disclosed – and a deep faith in its old gods. Burnside was always as much a spirit-guide as a poet, and here, in the Empire of Forgetting, we are never far from a fresh alertness to the world, to epiphany – a sudden, spiritual manifestation. There is a sense, too, in these last poems, of a man having found a ‘dwelling place’ – a sense of rest and peace and settlement with the world. A state of grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Among the best writers of his generation, fully voiced and perfectly pitched… He now leaves behind a body of work that will only grow stronger as new generations discover it’ ANDREW O''HAGAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A titan of literature…. His passing leaves a gap not only in our literature, but in our ability to exist in the world. He increased the possible ways of our being'' KATHLEEN JAMIE","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096310362447,"sku":"9781787334557","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781787334557_1-empire-of-forgetting-the.jpg?v=1759907609","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/empire-of-forgetting-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}