Author: Carruth, Jim
Language
Published on 10 September 2019 by Birlinn General (Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited).
Paperback | 96 pages
198 x 132 x 8 | 118g
Bale Fire is a book in three cycles. The first explores the darker side of communities in decline. The middle is a transposition of elements and characters of the Odyssey to a Scottish hill farm and its neighbours. The final part looks at the idea of harvest and loss.
Jim Carruth offers here both a celebration and an elegy. The poems in this collection address the themes of our time: war, friendship, honesty, violence, humanity and love.