Faber 90th anniversary edition of this deeply moving, meditative, understated collection from the Nobel Prize-winning poet.
Widely praised on its first publication in 1987,The Haw Lanternventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss - including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother - joined by meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in an allegorical vein.
This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.
