Grimoire
01 October 2020
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2020
From the author of The Long Take, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of both the Walter Scott Prize and the Goldsmiths Prize.
‘I’ve long admired Robin Robertson’s narrative gift . . . If you love stories, you will love this book.’ Val McDermid
Like some lost chapters from the Celtic folk tradition, Grimoire tells...
Details
01 October 2020
80 pages
9781529051124
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Robin Robertson is one of the finest contemporary poets.John Banville
Few writers so expertly pull the curtains back on the many collective fictions, both ancient and new, that constitute our understanding of the world.Kevin Powers author of The Yellow Birds
Robin Robertson is a fearless and thrilling poet in what he confronts in himself as well as what he unearths from the commons of myth and balladryMarina Warner
A major poet… Robertson remains an unequalled guide among the shamanistic roots of poetry.Fiona Sampson, Independent