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  • New Cemetery

    Poems

    by Simon Armitage ...
    ONE OF THE BEST POETRY BOOKS OF THE YEAR FROM THE GUARDIAN AND THE OBSERVER • From the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, a poem sequence that considers our use of the land that surrounds him, and recounts the personal tales of beauty and loss that play out on itA few years ago, in the poet’s home county of West Yorkshire, the Local Authority began converting a series of cow fields near his home ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    by Simon Armitage ...
    **The classic story that inspired the film starring Dev Patel and Alicia Vikander."A medieval romance…but also an outlandish ghost story, a gripping morality tale and a weird thriller.…I couldn’t put down Simon Armitage’s compulsively readable...energetic, free-flowing, high-spirited version." —Edward Hirsch, New York Times Book Review**One of the founding stories of English literature, Sir Gawain ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Out of the Blue

    by Simon Armitage ...
    This book brings together three verse form pieces each of which was created to be part of a broader form. 'Out of the Blue' itself is a powerful, award-winning, poem-film created five years after the attacks which destroyed the twin towers in NewYork. With a title from a speech of Churchill, 'We May Allow Ourselves a Brief Period of Rejoicing' was a Channel 5 commission for a broadcast celebrating ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walking Home: A Poet's Journey

    A Poet's Journey

    by Simon Armitage ...
    Nineteen days, 256 miles, and one renowned poet walking the backbone of England.The wandering poet has always been a feature of our cultural imagination. Odysseus journeys home, his famous flair for storytelling seducing friend and foe. The Romantic poets tramped all over the Lake District searching for inspiration. Now Simon Armitage, with equal parts enthusiasm and trepidation, as well as a wry ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Seeing Stars

    by Simon Armitage ...
    A thrilling new collection from the hugely acclaimed British poet Simon Armitage. With its vivid array of dramatic monologues, allegories, and tall tales, this absurdist, unreal exploration of modern society brings us a chorus of unique and unforgettable voices.All are welcome at this twilit, visionary carnival: the man whose wife drapes a border-curtain across the middle of the marital home; the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Gilgamesh

    A New Verse Translation

    A propulsive and lyrical version of ancient Mesopotamia’s greatest adventure–tale, by the bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Originating nearly four thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, the epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a tyrannical king and his wild counterpart, Enkidu, spawned by the gods to rein in the king’s cruel tendencies. They face off in a violent ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • A Vertical Art

    On Poetry

    by Simon Armitage ...
    From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator, a spirited book that demystifies and celebrates the art of poetry todayIn A Vertical Art, acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Pearl

    A New Verse Translation

    Winner • PEN Award for Poetry in TranslationFrom the acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a spellbinding new translation of this classic allegory of grief and consolation.One of our most ingenious interpreters of Middle English, Oxford Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage is celebrated for his “compulsively readable” translations (New York Times Book Review). A perfect complement ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Story of the Iliad

    A Dramatic Retelling of Homer's Epic and the Last Days of Troy

    by Simon Armitage ...
    Award-winning poet Simon Armitage dramatizes the story of Troy, animating this classic epic for a new generation of readers.Following his highly acclaimed dramatization of the Odyssey, Simon Armitage here takes on the fate of Troy, bringing Homer’s Iliad to life with refreshing imaginative vision. In the final days of the Trojan War, the Trojans and the Greeks are caught in a bitter stalemate. ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • The Unaccompanied

    Poems

    by Simon Armitage ...
    From the prize-winning poet and former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom comes a powerful collection of poetry that gives voice to the people of Britain with a haunting grace.We meet characters whose sense of isolation is both emotional and political, both real and metaphorical, from a son made to groom the garden hedge as punishment, to a nurse standing alone at a bus stop as the centuries pass ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid

    by Simon Armitage ...
    From one of the most important British poets at work today comes a brilliant new collection that meditates on human battles past and present, on youth and age, on monsters and underdogs, on the life of nations and the individual heart.In Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus the Corduroy Kid, we meet a writer who speaks naturally, and with frankness and restraint, for his culture. Armitage witnesses the pathos ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead

    Adapted for the Stage

    by Simon Armitage ...
    A high-ranking government minister with a colourful past is sent on a diplomatic mission to Istanbul. When his trip ends up in a bar-room brawl, he becomes Europe's most wanted man overnight. Chased by the authorities, damned by religious leaders, pursued by those looking for vengeance and head-hunted by fanatics, his odyssey begins.Plunged into the ancient past, Odysseus must now contend with all ... Read more

    $12.99 USD