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The Bone Flowers
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784741525
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Bone Flowers

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29 Dec 2016
Tr. Paperback
15 Jan 2017
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Published in a special signed limited edition of 500 copies to celebrate the author's 80th birthday, John Fuller's full-length narrative poem is resonant celebration of life and the things we leave behind.

‘When does a poem end?’

In this rambunctious romp of a narrative poem, John Fuller taps out the rhythms of life against the riddle of time: from his story of opportunistic art-dealer Old Billy Emerald and his fabled Shakespeare manuscript, to the ghosts of great poets and remembrances of old friends.

The Bone Flowers is a resonant celebration of the things we leave behind – in art, music and poetry – as well as a stirring memento mori to gather our rosebuds while we may.
  • Published: 15 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781784741525
  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

About the author

John Fuller

John Fuller is an acclaimed poet and novelist, author of thirteen volumes of verse and several works of fiction. Flying to Nowhere was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of a Whitbread Award. He is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Also by John Fuller

The Interrupted Journey
Asleep and Awake
Gravel in my Shoe
The Dice Cup
The Grey Among The Green
The Worm And The Star
New Selected Poems
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Praise for The Bone Flowers

One of England’s greatest poets – an artist unafraid to combine intellect with sensuousness

Telegraph