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Weeds and Wild Flowers [Hardcover]

Alice Oswald , Jessica Greenman
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Book Description

2 April 2009
Weeds and Wild Flowers is a magical meeting of the poems of Alice Oswald and the etchings of Jessica Greenman. Within its pages everyday flora take on an extraordinary life, jostling tragically at times, at times comically, for a foothold in a busying world. Stunningly visualised and skilfully animated, this imaginative collaboration beckons us toward a landscape of botanical characters, and invites us to see ourselves among them.

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  • Hardcover: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; First Edition edition (2 April 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0571237495
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571237494
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 25.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 47,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A new collection from T. S. Eliot prize-winning poet Alice Oswald - beautifully illustrated throughout with etchings by Jessica Greenman

About the Author

Alice Oswald lives in Devon and is married with three children. Dart, her second collection, won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002. Her most recent collection, Woods etc, is a Poetry Book Society Choice and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the T. S. Eliot Prize.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Weeds and Wild Flowers 3 May 2010
By Helen W
Format:Hardcover
A really beautiful book in all senses, the poetry, the etchings and the physical book itself. I haven't really liked much poetry but decided to buy this after reading a review in The Guardian newspaper and was not disappointed. A slight criticism, if I dare to make one would be a lack of reference at the end to the Latin/alternative names of the flowers in the poems as I have had to look up many as I wasn't familiar with the names used. The same for the etchings would be good. The book is a delight without, so don't be put off by this comment. I am expecting some more of Oswald's poetry for my birthday!
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Magical Collaboration 18 Aug 2009
By LittleMoon TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Oswald and Greenman are on the same wavelength, and this is a magical collaboration. Oswald speaks of her hope for an "unsettling pleasure [reading this book], like walking through a garden at night, when the plants come right up to the edges of their names and then beyond them." Greenman echoes with her own dark side, the unsettling pleasure of the etching process: "The flowers themselves act on my mind... they bite into me."

Jessica Greenman's etchings are reprinted here in black and white, appearing as though they have been pencilled in on tracing paper. It's a beautiful effect: filigree intensity & delicate intricacy combine to create images of wild flowers that are at once as deep as if they were carved onto the page, and yet insubstantial, as though seen through a morning mist.

It's hard to imagine a more complimentary style of illustration for Oswald's poetry, which is itself written in filigree language, being a both intense, and delicate, experience. Her poems are a superb selection of personifications: weeds and flowers made human.

"Daisy" murmurs of childhood associations, but ends with a sinister bite:

I will push my nail
into her neck and make
a lovely necklace out of her green bones

"Bastard Toadflax" lives up to his name, in a tongue-in-cheek incarnation:

Marriage?

Extreme headache
slides over one eyebrow.

Only swearing can help now.

And "Snowdrop" is "just a frozen melting glow/of water swollen to the point of falling".

Alice Oswald's poetry always brings me to adjectives that describe light - in the sense of brightness; her work shines, and just keeps getting better. Fans of any of her other works, are sure to enjoy this, her poems speaking with her characteristic clarity and intelligence, whilst hinting at hidden darknesses.

And the hardback, well worth the extra money, is finished in pale blue and brown; a beautiful addition to any shelf. Buy it for friends who love Alice Oswald, or Jessica Greenman, or for yourself, if you have ever looked into the faces of flowers and wondered...

Oh, and the downside? With just 24 poems in its pages, Weeds & Wild Flowers will leave you wanting more.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Weeds & Wild Flowers 3 Aug 2009
Format:Hardcover
This book received several excellent reviews in the Daily Telegraph. As I am a keen gardener and interested in wild flowers as well as poetry, it was an obvious choice.
The poems are excellent and the engravings are good, but not as clearly outlined as I had expected; most have a pale grey background.
My daughter borrowed the book and said she liked it too.
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