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halfmanhalfbook's review
4.0
The more that I read of Kathleen Jamie’s work the more I grow to like her writing. I have previously read Findings and Sightlines and thought that they were superb, but I have never read any of her poetry before.
The Overahul is a collection of poems about the thing we sometimes miss in our busy lives.
Some of these were very good indeed. There are a couple in Gaelic or dialect that I could not comprehend, but mostly they were good. My particular favourite was The Lighthouse. What is really impressive though is her mastery of language, she can convey an image with sparkling clarity with a breathtaking brevity, and that is what makes this a delight to read.
The Overahul is a collection of poems about the thing we sometimes miss in our busy lives.
Some of these were very good indeed. There are a couple in Gaelic or dialect that I could not comprehend, but mostly they were good. My particular favourite was The Lighthouse. What is really impressive though is her mastery of language, she can convey an image with sparkling clarity with a breathtaking brevity, and that is what makes this a delight to read.
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