From Our Own Fire
Seiten
2023
Carcanet Poetry (Verlag)
9781800173439 (ISBN)
Carcanet Poetry (Verlag)
9781800173439 (ISBN)
Letford's long-awaited third book is a tour de force of storytelling and poetry that has the narrative punch of a novel, taking us to the not-too-distant-future, where an artificial intelligence rules the world and a working-class family use their wits to live off the land.
Longlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards (Poetry Book of the Year) 2024
A The Telegraph and Observer Book of the Year
This
prose and poetry tour de force of storytelling has the narrative punch
of a novel. It is a new departure for the poet, and for poetry itself.
It takes the reader into the not-too-distant future: an artificial
intelligence rules the world, and a working-class family use their wits
to live off the land. William Letford blends prose and his inimitable
poetry: sci-fi and hunter-gatherer are merged into a coherent story in
the pages of a stonemason's journal.
'You won't see the best of a
Macallum until you put something in their fist,' says Letford,
introducing the family. 'Joiner, nurse, stonemason, hairdresser,
plumber, gardener. Lorna even repairs vintage watches. That's the
quantum mechanics of manual labour.' We join the Macallum family as they
combine their skills to reconnect with the land in a world where the
empowered are hell-bent on creating a new utopia. Joe, the stonemason,
records in his journal the struggles and successes of a carnival of
characters. They hurl grace and humour at a future that is being shaped
by a single, powerful entity.
Letford's storytelling is gritty
and beautiful. 'A Macallum, it seems to me now, is made to move, to
think on the run. The sofas in our houses were sinkholes. The actors on a
fifty-two-inch flat screen – shadows on a cave wall.'
Longlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards (Poetry Book of the Year) 2024
A The Telegraph and Observer Book of the Year
This
prose and poetry tour de force of storytelling has the narrative punch
of a novel. It is a new departure for the poet, and for poetry itself.
It takes the reader into the not-too-distant future: an artificial
intelligence rules the world, and a working-class family use their wits
to live off the land. William Letford blends prose and his inimitable
poetry: sci-fi and hunter-gatherer are merged into a coherent story in
the pages of a stonemason's journal.
'You won't see the best of a
Macallum until you put something in their fist,' says Letford,
introducing the family. 'Joiner, nurse, stonemason, hairdresser,
plumber, gardener. Lorna even repairs vintage watches. That's the
quantum mechanics of manual labour.' We join the Macallum family as they
combine their skills to reconnect with the land in a world where the
empowered are hell-bent on creating a new utopia. Joe, the stonemason,
records in his journal the struggles and successes of a carnival of
characters. They hurl grace and humour at a future that is being shaped
by a single, powerful entity.
Letford's storytelling is gritty
and beautiful. 'A Macallum, it seems to me now, is made to move, to
think on the run. The sofas in our houses were sinkholes. The actors on a
fifty-two-inch flat screen – shadows on a cave wall.'
William Letford published his first collection of poetry while working as a roofer. Since then, his work has been adapted into film, projected onto buildings, carved into monuments, adapted for the stage, written onto skin, cast out over the radio, and performed by orchestras. He has helped restore a medieval village in the mountains of northern Italy, taught English in Japan, fished with his barehands in Indonesia, and been invited to perform in Iraq, South Korea, Lebanon, Australia, Germany, India, Poland, and many more countries.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781800173439 / 9781800173439 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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