{"product_id":"fulmars-wing-jeremy-hilton-9781912211852","title":"Fulmar's Wing","description":"Think of the act of watching, of patient observation, even observance. The act of birdwatching is for Hilton what fishing was for Hughes: the attentiveness spreads out into an appreciation of the sorrow and complexity of a world riven by forced migrations, civil war and state-endorsed ecocide. The transcription of the troubled world is counteracted by the wonder of the surviving fragments of nature: chiefly birds, but these are a metonym for what remains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Giles Goodland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremy Hilton has been publishing poetry since the mid-1960s, and I confess that among the welter of names I had forgotten about him, until this work pulled me up short.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Peter Riley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work that has all the line complexities and metrical vigour of the verse of G M Hopkins, whilst embracing the darker nature of the \u003cem\u003eElder Eddas\u003c\/em\u003e: Eddaic crows swarm with fulmars to witness the international refugee crisis created by war. And, like an Eddaic bard, Hilton chooses to observe, rather than engage. This is \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e in words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Alec Newman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Hilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912211858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912211852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knives Forks and Spoons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Jeremy Hilton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048171860223,"sku":"9781912211852","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52b36e10-93b1-4f3a-ba15-3c50e364a2ff.jpg?v=1684994298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fulmars-wing-jeremy-hilton-9781912211852","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}