Cette auteure britannique est une poétesse et écrivaine renommée, dont les œuvres explorent souvent les thèmes de la migration et l'intersection des genres. Son approche novatrice de la littérature se reflète dans une production prolifique couvrant la poésie, la fiction et la non-fiction. Par ses écrits et son travail radiophonique, elle s'engage activement dans la promotion et la discussion de la poésie. Son engagement pour la conservation complète ses aspirations littéraires.
This collection presents a poetic exploration of two iconic female figures, navigating the space between history and legend. Through verse, the poet delves into the myths constructed around these women, offering insights into the concept of girlhood across the ages. The work challenges traditional narratives, revealing the complexities and nuances of female identity through a rich tapestry of language and imagery.
An artist turns back to her roots and discovers they are not what she thought. Daughters of the Labyrinth is a contemporary story, for an era of instability, about love, loss and memory, parents and children, the fragility of life, and the forgotten Jews of Crete.
*First published as The Mara Crossing, now with new and updated material* 'A prodigy, a book of wonders. Wonder, pity and terror, the searing section of voices in transit coercing compassion - and beyond that, empathy' Independent Home is where you start from, but where is a swallow's real home? And what does 'native' mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain? In ninety richly varied poems and illuminating prose interludes, Ruth Padel weaves science, myth, wild nature and human history to conjure a world created and sustained by migration - from the millennia-old journeys of cells, trees, birds and beasts to Geese battle raging winds over Mount Everest, lemurs skim precipices in Madagascar and wildebeest, at the climax of their epic trek from Tanzania, braving a river filled with the largest crocodiles in Africa. Human migration has shaped civilisation but today is one of the greatest challenges the world faces. In a series of incisive portraits, Padel turns to the struggles of human displacement - the Flight into Egypt, John James Audubon emigrating to America (feeding migrant birds en route), migrant workers in Mumbai and refugees labouring over a drastically changing planet - to show how the purpose of migration, for both humans and animals, is survival.
“Padel’s imagery and imagination took me deeper into Beethoven than many biographies I’ve read.” —Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems Ruth Padel's new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the life and legend of one of the world's greatest composers. She uncovers the man behind the music, charting his private thoughts and feelings through letters, diaries, sketchbooks, and the conversation books he used as his hearing declined. She gives us Beethoven as a battered four-year-old, weeping at the clavier; the young virtuoso pianist agonized by his encroaching deafness; the passionate, heartbroken lover; the clumsy eccentric making coffee with exactly sixty beans. Padel's quest takes her into the heart of Europe and back to her own musical childhood: Her great-grandfather, who studied in Leipzig with a pupil of Beethoven's, became a concert pianist before migrating to Britain; her parents met making music; and Padel grew up playing the viola, Beethoven's instrument as a child. Her book is a poet and string player's intimate connection across the centuries with an artist who, though increasingly isolated, ended even his most harrowing works on a note of hope.
`Here in deep earth, the blackblossom of mourning still sifting within meI remembered that emerald was my birthstone ...'Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel's heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety-seven.
`Come with meto St Pancras Old Church, on a little London hill...'It's Christmas Eve and on this enchanted night Charoum, the Angel of Silence, can speak.
Ruth Padel jest urodzoną w Londynie poetką brytyjską, laureatką wielu prestiżowych nagród. Ma w swoim dorobku dziesięć tomów poetyckich i osiem książek non-fiction o tematyce odzwierciedlającej jej szerokie zainteresowania – od tragedii greckiej, poprzez muzykę rockową i jej powiązanie z greckimi mitami, po ochronę tygrysów. Interesuje się naukami przyrodniczymi i ekologią:jest pra-prawnuczką Karola Darwina.
Set against a richly detailed backdrop, this novel explores complex themes of identity and belonging through the lives of its intricately developed characters. The narrative weaves together personal struggles and societal challenges, offering a profound commentary on the human experience. With a blend of poignant moments and vivid imagery, the story invites readers to reflect on their own journeys and the connections that define us.
'Making is our defence against the dark...'Through images of conflict and craftsmanship, Ruth Padel's powerful new poems address the Middle East, tracing a quest for harmony in the midst of destruction. An oud, the central instrument of Middle Eastern music , is made and broken.
Home is where you start from, but where is a swallow's real home? And what does 'native' mean if the English oak is an immigrant from Spain? In ninety varied poems and illuminating prose interludes, this book weaves science, myth, wild nature and human history to conjure a world created and sustained by migration.