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Paperback: poetry 72 pages
ISBN: 9780995791695
This finely wrought, dramatic collection gathers together haunting poems woven from the landscape and folklore of the Orkney Islands, where Julie-Ann Rowell used to live and still frequently visits. Exposure is the poet’s homage to the environment, culture and history of the archipelago. Her personal response to this mysterious world imperceptibly urges the reader to reflect on universal themes: grief, loss, and the primitive strength drawn from
the natural world.
“In these poems Rowell sets herself up as observer and narrator and it is this distance that allows for an unusual, unsentimental telling of the islands’ history and people. Exposure is a very fine book, a dark hymn to the wonder and mystery of this most remote and fascinating of archipelagos.”
Greta Stoddart