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Rain [Hardcover]

Don Paterson (Author)

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Hardcover: 80 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber; First Edition edition (3 Sep 2009)
ISBN-10: 0571249574
ISBN-13: 978-0571249572
Product Dimensions: 20 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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The first new collection of poems from Don Paterson, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry (2003), for six years.

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In this, his first volume of original verse since the award-winning Landing Light, Don Paterson is found writing at his most memorable and direct. In an assembly of masterful lyrics and monologues, he conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces within the world and simultaneously offer some protection against them. Whether outwardly elemental in their address, or more personal in their direction, these poems - to the rain and the sea, to his young sons or beloved friends - never shy from their inquiry into truth and lie, embracing everything in scope from the rangy narrative to the tiny renku. Rain, which includes the winner of this year's Forward Prize for the Best Individual Poem and an extended elegy for the poet Michael Donaghy, is Don Paterson's most intimate and manifest collection to date.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 21 Jan 2010

By	Mr B (Paisley, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rain (Hardcover)

A wonderful collection. Profound and moving, but readable from beginning to end, and back again. He works wonderfully with form, and has a sense for rhythm and rhyme lacking in too many modern poets. To choose one poem from many, 'The Swing' is heartbreaking, and has provoked lively dissention among friends about just how bleak or hopeful his world-view is. His verse is intelligent and powerful, yet gentle. Buy it now.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Star Poet, 9 Feb 2010

By	Dr. P. J. Smail "bookworm" (Aberdeen Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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As an occasional poetry reader I hadn't heard of Don Paterson until seeing it reported that he had been awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry.I can now understand the reason for his fame.He writes approachable deceptively simply crafted poems with a wonderful sense of rhythm and feel for language.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, 2 Jan 2010

By	Angel House "Poet" (South Oxfordshire) - See all my reviews

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This is a wonderful collection. I would recommend it to anyone who loves poetry or wants to love poetry.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Jeez what a douche!
Another washed up/out don wasting everybody's eyes on soggy rubbish. God never meant poetry to be so nugatory! Let's not encourage these people anymore, shall we?

Published 10 days ago by aaron

1.0 out of 5 stars A poet in search of a subject
I have read books by Paterson, Nil Nil, and others - I remembered liking Paterson's Machado versions - . Read more

Published 14 days ago by M. J. Powell

1.0 out of 5 stars Hyperbole, Froth and The Emperor's Clothes
I am astonished by the reviews of this book - because I find no heart or disturbance at play in these poems, and form is never enough to hold a poem or a collection together. Read more

Published 24 days ago by Mr Punch

4.0 out of 5 stars A Refreshing Surprise
In rain, Don Paterson presents us with an extraordinary collection of poems. Some of the poems depict people doing ordinary things such as in "The Swing" and "Two Trees". Read more

Published 4 months ago by Herman Norford

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
In my opinion the best modern poet and his best work. I loved it from start to finish. Im no good at reviews, but your obviously reading this for confirmation that you want to buy... Read more

Published 8 months ago by E. Garratt

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