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Getting Higher
Andrew Greig
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Description for Getting Higher
Paperback. .
Alongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing will be brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material - including his first poem, written in 1972 - and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collector's item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes.
Product Details
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846971921
SKU
V9781846971921
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig was born in Bannockburn in 1951 and raised in the Fife town of Anstruther. His first book was the poetry collection "White Boats" and his novel, "In Another Light," won the Saltire Society prize in 2004. He has also had success with mountaineering titles, including "Summit Fever" and the mountain poetry collections "Men on Ice" and "Surviving Passages." ... Read more
Reviews for Getting Higher
'Andrew Greig is a Scottish poet of sensitivity and resilience. He deals with high-risk situations - from mountaineering to love - and is particularly good at presenting the gamut of feelings involved in rites of passage: high endeavour, commitment, holding back, drift, release'
Edwin Morgan 'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy'
Times Literary Supplement
'A lyric ... Read more
Edwin Morgan 'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy'
Times Literary Supplement
'A lyric ... Read more