Emerald by Padel, Ruth

Emerald (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784741075)

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Format: Paperback
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Emerald by Padel, Ruth

Emerald

$16.95
Emerald by Padel, Ruth

Emerald

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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An elegy to a lost mother, Emerald is the moving new collection from prize-winning poet Ruth Padel

'Here in deep earth, the black
blossom of mourning still sifting within me
I remembered that emerald was my birthstone ...'

Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel's heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety-seven.

Exploring the riches of emerald lore, Padel follows the glint of green - 'green for awakening / for bringing life back from the dead' - from memories of her mother, a naturalist, to the black honeycomb of a Colombian emerald mine and sunset-pink of the Emerald City, Jaipur. Beneath everything shines the jewel itself, 'the only stone in which the flaws are prized'.

Beautifully carved and cadenced, Emerald is a moving chronicle of value and loss, and a celebration of all that is precious in the life that remains.

Author: Ruth Padel
ISBN-10: 1784741078
ISBN-13: 9781784741075
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2018
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.26d
By Ruth Padel
By Ruth Padel
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Ruth Padel is a prize-winning poet, author of thirteen acclaimed poetry collections and prose works including much-loved books on reading contemporary poetry, a travel-memoir on wild tiger conservation, and a study of the influence of Greek myth on rock music. Awards include a British Council Darwin Now Award, a Travel Bursary and Cholmondley Award from The Society of Authors, and First Prize in the National Poetry Competition. She is Professor of Poetry at King's College London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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