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John Burnside

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John Burnside is a poet, novelist, and memoirist whose many books include Still Life with Feeding Snake and On Henry Miller (Princeton). He is professor of English at the University of St Andrews and a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.

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Værker af John Burnside

The Glister (2009) 366 eksemplarer
The Dumb House (1997) 202 eksemplarer
The Devil's Footprints (2007) 147 eksemplarer
A Summer of Drowning (2011) 130 eksemplarer
A Lie About My Father: A Memoir (2006) 102 eksemplarer
Black Cat Bone (1800) 92 eksemplarer
The Asylum Dance (2000) 50 eksemplarer
Something like happy (2013) 40 eksemplarer
The Locust Room (2001) 37 eksemplarer
Selected Poems (Cape Poetry) (2006) 35 eksemplarer
Gift Songs (Cape Poetry) (2007) 31 eksemplarer
Ashland & Vine (2017) 29 eksemplarer
All One Breath (2014) 28 eksemplarer
The Good Neighbour (2005) 27 eksemplarer
Waking Up in Toytown (2010) 27 eksemplarer
Havergey (2017) 23 eksemplarer
I Put a Spell on You (2014) 21 eksemplarer
Living Nowhere (2003) 20 eksemplarer
Burning Elvis (2000) 19 eksemplarer
The Light Trap (2002) 18 eksemplarer
The Mercy Boys (1999) 18 eksemplarer
The Hunt in the Forest (2009) 14 eksemplarer
The Myth of the Twin (1994) 13 eksemplarer
Wild Reckoning (2004) — Redaktør — 12 eksemplarer
Swimming in the Flood (1995) 11 eksemplarer
Still Life with Feeding Snake (2017) 10 eksemplarer
Learning to Sleep (2021) 9 eksemplarer
A Normal Skin (1997) 6 eksemplarer
The Hoop (1988) 4 eksemplarer
Common Knowledge (1991) 4 eksemplarer
Versuch über das Licht (2011) 3 eksemplarer
De bal in de inrichting (2010) 2 eksemplarer
Images of Norbury Park (1998) 1 eksemplar
A poet's polemic (2003) 1 eksemplar
Poetry Live at DCA 1 eksemplar
Dones (2013) 1 eksemplar
Angels and Animals (2000) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

The Sea, the Sea (1978) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver3,574 eksemplarer
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Bidragyder — 280 eksemplarer
Granta 94: On The Road Again (2006) — Bidragyder — 135 eksemplarer
Granta 119: Britain (2012) — Bidragyder — 109 eksemplarer
Emergency Kit (1996) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver108 eksemplarer
Crimespotting (1656) — Bidragyder — 44 eksemplarer
First Light: A celebration of Alan Garner (2016) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
New Writing 13 (2005) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Robert Graves and the classical tradition (2015) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer

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Fødselsdato
1955-03-19
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Land (til kort)
Scotland, UK
Fødested
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

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Starting with the positive aspects, I did appreciate the Edgar Allan Poe inspiration, it made the narrator seem interesting in parts. All in all, I wouldn't say I didn't enjoy parts of it but I wouldn't read it again and I wouldn't recommend it either. It just didn't feel like enough things happened to justify reading it.
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icallithunger | 5 andre anmeldelser | Jan 27, 2024 |
A sad and moving tale from the poet/author John Burnside growing up in the 50's/60's in deprived area of Fife in Scotland with an alcoholic father. It's not Shuggie Bain hopelessness/grimness - his dad never misses a day of work ever (as this is seen as something a REAL man would never do) but a different sort of painful childhood upbringing.

The threat of violence rather than it's actual delivery, and the failed dreams of the father (and the lies he told) wearing down both his wife and family.

There's a poignant scene in the final chapter at his father's wake, where his barfly friends either don't wish to question the dead mans lies or choose to actually believe them.

Questioning them would reflect badly on them though, so they become gospel.

It's ironic, that people talk about the present generation as presenting one image (online) with the actual reality, and that it's a new thing.

For the males of that era and class, an image/story must be presented constantly regardless of the facts or the reality, and after a while it absorbs the lie element and becomes the truth.
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Ignatius777 | 5 andre anmeldelser | Nov 29, 2022 |
I've always loved poetry (in English, Portuguese, German, you name it), and a few years back made it a new year’s resolution to improve my knowledge and appreciation of the form. So in 2021 where better to start than this book, having long admired John Burnside's essays, nature writing, and, in particular, his wonderful three part memoir?

This is no dry anthology, each chapter is loosely devoted to poems on different subject matter - nature, love, work, war, religion, etc. (the "dailiness of life" is a recurrent theme) - and the author takes a handful of his favourite works to explain the techniques, political background and biographical notes behind the poetry. The result is a fascinating, extensively researched masterclass on all aspects of twentieth century poetry. Its sources are cosmopolitan and the reader is introduced to many less famous poets from all over the world. Burnside's writing is clear, with many learned digressions and some autobiographical notes to give the book an added warmth. His devotion to the form is infectious. On completing it, I immediately went back to read it again, there being so much wonderful content to absorb. One of my books of the year by a country mile, and highly recommended for anyone wanting to explore the world of poetry.

Couldn’t put it down. It was so beautifully written, so tragic and so shocking. I bawled my eyes out for pages at a time. A wonderful, wonderful book.
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Markeret
antao | Jun 27, 2021 |
Seemed to be trying so hard to be clever that it missed out on having much heart.
 
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mjhunt | Jan 22, 2021 |

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Medlemmer
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Popularitet
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Vurdering
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Anmeldelser
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ISBN
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