- Published: 15 January 2008
- ISBN: 9780099492948
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $39.99
The Poem and the Journey
60 Poems for the Journey of Life
- Published: 15 January 2008
- ISBN: 9780099492948
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $39.99
It's a generous, likable, diligent and smart piece of work
Andrew Motion, Guardian
Ruth Padel is Virgil in the 'Inferno' of poetry. She guides the reader gently and deftly on the journey... This is much more than a book about poetry, this is a handbook for living!
Fiona Shaw
As a writer you would probably choose Ruth Padel as your ideal reader. Her eye misses very little of the nudging and winking that goes on in a poem, and she seems able to tune into the silent music of text on the page...she finds more than most to engage with and enjoy
Simon Armitage
This vivid and illuminating book opens many pathways for the reader of contemporary poetry, bringing to bear not only current thinking but the whole world of the past, particularly the past of Greek experience
Gillian Beer
Brilliant... Padel draws on a huge range of references to make a powerful case for poetry as a living art form
Independent
An enlivening, illuminating book, lucid, accessible and probing
The Times
The ideal guide for the apprehensive reader of contemporary poetry... Her beguilingly informal style entertains and informs along the way. It is one of the book's great strengths that she is never lofty, nor condescending, nor a show off
Irish Times