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Killing Time (Faber poetry) (Paperback)

by Simon Armitage (Author)

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Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber (6 Dec 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0571203604
ISBN-13: 978-0571203604
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.2 x 0.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 136,946 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In this 1000-line poem, the manic countdown to 1000 years of history reaches its climax, with the last 12 months spooling past like newsreel. It is a vision full of humorous and bleaker possibilities, which ranges forward and back through time and space, mixing and matching as it goes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finger on the pulse..., 30 Aug 2001

By	Neil "Celtic Soul Boy" (Ipswich, England) - See all my reviews

As always Simon seems to be able to cut through the hyperbole surrounding the millenium to touch profoundly upon the things happening today which move and affect people.

His account of the Paddington rail disaster here is chilling in it's deadpan assessment of the cynicism surrounding the disaster - the imagery of mobile phone ringing with no-one to answer is a haunting modern fable.

Crisp concise and to the point - like all his work - good value for the time and money you invest in it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking, 27 Mar 2001

By	jacquelynarnold@yahoo.com (London, UK.) - See all my reviews

More enduring than a ride on the London Eye, Simon Armitage's wry homage to the past one thousand years of human history presents us with no better way to celebrate the millenium.

Armatiage presents us with satirical solliquies and genuinely touching observations in this thousand-line poem, never losing his nerve or devestatingly sharp language as he cruises back and forth through time, commenting upon significant and not-so memorable happenings.

The highlight is his treatment of the Columbine school shootings, never once faltering or losing poetic resonance as he takes us through the event, subsituting the real world for one of flowers, words falling through the air as if in slow motion.

Simply fantastic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One Thousand Sparkling Lines, 20 May 2009

By	Graham S - See all my reviews

Armitage's 1000-line poem was originally conceived as part of a full-length documentary which was appropriately and symbolically broadcast on New Year's Day 2000.

Filled with contemporary references - the Columbine high school shootings, the Paddington rail crash, the London nail bombings, the Millenium Eclipse - Armitage casts his expert eye over an age characterised by cynicism, materiality and the impossiblity of avoiding the searchlight of media intrusion.

As ever, his imagery is haunting, original, memorable and witty. Pour yourself a coffee, pull up a chair, but fasten your seat-belt for a roller-coaster ride to the end of the last millenium.

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