These Silent Mansions: A Life in Graveyards

by Jean Sprackland

Book Overview

'A refreshingly original meditation... I wish I had written it myself' Literary Review

Graveyards are oases: places of escape, peace and reflection. Liminal sites of commemoration, where the past is close enough to touch. Yet they also reflect their living community - how in our restless, accelerated modern world, we are losing our sense of connection to the dead.

Jean Sprackland - the prize-winning poet and author of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099587149
• ISBN13: 9780099587149
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"