Witness in Stone by Esther Phillips (Paperback Book)

Name: Witness in Stone by Esther Phillips (Paperback Book)
Brand: Peepal Tree Press Ltd

Peepal Tree Press Ltd

This collection explores the fragile territory between remembering and forgetting, both as an individual experience and in the life of a society. If in the end all is subject to \u201Ctime\u2019s slow bleed\u201D, these poems enact the capacity of the imagination \u201Cto pass through ancient walls\u201D and to reorder failures long gone in time into more hopeful connections. Poems recreate those childhood moments when physical presences, such as the \u201Cgreat house\u201D at Drax Hall provoke the \u201Cbeginning of poetry\u201D, the searching for what is \u201Chidden in the dark\u201D, and thence to a grasp of the history that society would rather forget. For while forgetting is human, the collection also explores how amnesia can be cultivated in society as a means of hiding the sources of contemporary privilege and economic power. Poems\n\nWitness in Stone\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.;