Ruin, Blossom Onder dekking van de nacht From Roses to Coal (1981)

From Roses to Coal (1981)

is now an internationally studied work of autobiography

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odes to beauty

Ruin, Blossom Onder dekking van de nacht From Roses to Coal (1981)John Burnside In this powerful, moving book, John Burnside takes his cue from Schiller, who recognised that, as one thing fades, so another flourishes: everywhere and always, in matters great and small, new life blossoms amongst the ruins. Here, in poems that explore ageing, mortality, environmental destruction and mental illness, Burnside not only mourns what is lost in passing, but also celebrates the new, and sometimes unexpected, forms that emerge