Tobias Hill a émergé dans les années 1990 en tant que poète et nouvelliste, se forgeant rapidement une réputation pour ses images vives et son observation aiguisée. Sa poésie, souvent inspirée par ses expériences à l'étranger, capture des moments fugaces avec une prose lumineuse. Les nouvelles de Hill explorent une gamme variée d'expériences humaines, démontrant sa polyvalence et son talent narratif. Il s'est depuis imposé comme romancier, créant des mondes complexes et explorant des personnages nuancés avec une voix distinctive.
The collection features two distinct parts, with "Transit" exploring themes of travel and transport, particularly through the author's experiences in Japan. In "Back to the City," the focus shifts to London, capturing various aspects from hangovers to the Underground, alongside reflections on Hiroshima and a conceptual "City of Clocks," which blends different cities and historical periods. The poems reflect the author's youthful perspective and diverse experiences, offering a rich tapestry of travel and urban life.
Set against the backdrop of Japan, this collection features vivid imagery and narratives inspired by the author's experiences during his travels. It includes the acclaimed sequence "A Year in Japan," showcasing cinematic storytelling that captures the poet's encounters in an unfamiliar culture. Hill's talent for portraying urban landscapes and human scenes shines throughout the work. This new edition of a previously hard-to-find collection is sure to please both fans and collectors.
'I am following the traces of a great jewel. All its owners are dead, and the jewel is lost...' Precious stones are thousands of years old. They pass through the hands of owners and smugglers, merchants and thieves. Often the hands leave no trace, but they are there all the same: they leave impressions, invisible, like atoms of hydrogen drawn to the surface of a diamond. The Love of Stones charts three lives linked by one such jewel. Katherine Sterne searches the goldsmiths' quarters and hidden archives of contemporary London, Tokyo and Istanbul, following the trail of a long-lost jewel: a brooch of rubies, diamonds and pearls once worn by Queen Elizabeth I. Two hundred years earlier, a pair of Iraqi Jewish brothers travel to London, their fortunes made by an unearthed jar of mysterious and priceless stones. An epic story spanning two continents and six centuries, The Love of Stones follows three very different people, each in their own way consumed by the same desire. At the heart of their lives is the Three Brethren, the legendary jewel that binds them together in a narrative as clear and irresistible as the facets of a diamond.
In this latest collection of poems, Hill invokes people and place,
mythologizing and demythologizing city lives as they are led. From poignant
vignettes and celebrations to urban-pastoral and elegy, these poems extend
Hill's romance with London's psychic and surreal fabric.
London in the aftermath of war: children run wild on East End bombsites, while their elders strive for better lives in a country beggared by victory. Clarence and Bernadette Malcolm have come five thousand miles in search of prosperity, but find the Mother Country not at all as has been promised them; Solly and Dora Lazarus, too, are strangers in a strange land, struggling to belong even as they try to make sense of their past; and Michael and Mary Lockhart take with both hands all that the world owes them, wherever it leads them, whatever the cost.
A literary thriller in which, in a sense, the London Underground becomes the central character. Someone is pushing women under trains, and a Polish immigrant who works at a north London station - a loner with a complicated past and a secret fear of the dark - is determined to stop the killings.
An epic story spanning two continents and six centuries, The Love of Stones follows three very different people, each in their own way consumed by a desire that borders on obsession. Their quest is for the Three Brethren, a legendary jewel that casts a shadow over all that come in contact with it . . . 'A master of the historical thriller.' Adam Mars-Jones, Observer
The collection showcases Tobias Hill's evolving poetic voice, highlighting his distinctive style that blends grand irony and playful humor with moments of tenderness. This third volume reflects the maturity he has gained since his earlier works, offering readers a deeper exploration of themes and emotions through his unique lens.
We're terribly sorry to interrupt, but if it's not too much trouble we're
publishing this awfully helpful book on all the things that make Britain, um,
well, sort of British, containing everything you ever wanted to know but were
too polite to ask. We'd say you could read it on the train, but it's likely to
have been delayed - due to leaves on the line. Probably better to read it with
a nice cup of tea and a few digestives instead.
