John Burnside (2017 Event)

2017 Edinburgh International Book Festival (edbookfest)

English - October 16, 2017 06:26 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★ - 1 rating
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UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIPS

One of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, poet, memoirist and novelist John Burnside today treats us to two new works. The hugely praised Ashland & Vine is the beautifully woven tale of an unlikely friendship between a grieving, semi-alcoholic widow and the elderly woman of whom she hopes to record the family history; Still Life with Feeding Snake is a poetry collection which hovers with great assurance on the brink of epiphany. Chaired by Stuart Kelly.