The Dark Film - Hardcover

Farley, Paul

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ISBN 10: 144721255X ISBN 13: 9781447212553

Publisher: Picador, 2012

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The Dark Film, Paul Farley’s first collection since the highly acclaimed Tramp in Flames, expands the poet’s research into ‘the art of seeing’, and all that humans project of themselves into the world. Farley’s great poetic gift is his ability to switch between the local and the universal, the present and the historical past, with the most apparently effortless of gear changes; he brings to our immediate attention things previously hidden – whether out of sight, in the periphery of our vision, or right under our noses. The Dark Film is a profound meditation on time, on the untold stories of our history, and on the act of human beholding – as well as Farley’s most richly entertaining and rewarding collection to date.

‘One of the most exciting of the early-career English poets. A writer who brings danger to what he describes in the title of one piece as “Big Safe Themes,” Farley ranges effortlessly from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to Google Earth’ Paul Muldoon, The Week

‘One of the most disarmingly original poets now writing’ Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times

‘Resonant without being flashy . . . lines that will stick with you for a really, really long time’ Mark Haddon, Guardian

‘Funny, observant, brilliantly musical . . . streetwise, erudite, elusive, but very accessible’ Ruth Padel, Financial Times

‘Farley is one of our most vital and engaging voices. He has the knack of both establishing and undermining the securities of memory purely through turn of phrase’ W. N. Herbert, Scotland on Sunday

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Review:

'Paul Farley's latest book may be dark by its title and themes, but it is given a redeeming hope in the quality of its prosody, its poetic musicality, and the muscularity of its contemporary images so neatly fused with those of the past.' --Stride

'The Dark Film displays his peculiar talent for viewing ordinary objects - and his Northern upbringing - from unusual angles. Gazing through coloured sweet wrappers in Quality Street enables kids to hype the moment, dye the day and rob the hour.'
--Sunday Telegraph

'Farley elsewhere delves into his 1960s childhood, evoking a world of everyday hardships and consolations. This view of the past is by turns gritty, urban and nostalgic but also, thankfully, broader than his own experience of it, courtesy of historical references and plenty of colour.' --Literary Review

Book Description:

The dazzling fourth collection from Forward and Whitbread winner Paul Farley.

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