The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the
Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures. As we have
stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other
ships, readers around the world have been transported to a place
and time at once familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic. At all
times, Patrick O’Brian’s deep knowledge of the period and
profound empathy with the landscape of the sea has ensured there is
always a firm hand on the tiller. The writer’s command of
language is combined with the poet’s eye for visual detail to
remarkable, and unforgettable effect. In The Uncertain Land and
Other Poems, those same strengths are vividly displayed as
O’Brian leads us on a journey through his own life. Here, we see
a writer full of a young man’s spirit, challenging life, and here
an author reflecting an old man’s melancholy at youth gone; in
between, as he describes the places that he lived and people that
he encountered, are poems of sly observation, wry humour and
delicate beauty. Through more than 100 poems, O’Brian reveals
insights into the world that captivated him while he was at work on
a succession of novels that would reach its apotheosis in the
Aubrey/Maturin adventures, which would secure his reputation as
‘the Homer of the Napoleonic Wars’. Intensely personal,
allusive and unique, this is the work of a lifetime, published now
for the very first time.
General
| Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2023 |
| Authors: |
Patrick O’Brian
|
| Foreword by: |
Nikolai Tolstoy
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| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
176 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-860975-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-00-860975-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780008609757 |
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