The Vast Extent - Lavinia Greenlaw

The Vast Extent: On Seeing and Not Seeing Further by Lavinia Greenlaw / 320-page paperback published by Faber & Faber / ISBN 9780571355648

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'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.' Sunday Times

'Remarkable, visionary.' Celia Paul

'Indescribably brilliant.' Daily Telegraph

'Kaleidoscopic.' Guardian

'A rare pleasure . . . rewarding and thought-provoking.' Irish Times

From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a constellation of "exploded essays" about light and image, seeing and the unseen. Each is a record of how thought builds and ideas emerge, aligning art, myth, strange voyages and scientific scrutiny with a poet's response so that they cast light upon each other. In this original and illuminating work, Lavinia Greenlaw invites us to observe our world and beyond with a new sensitivity.