Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Philip Larkin.
Clive James is the multi-million-copy bestselling author of more than forty books. His poetry collection Sentenced to Life and his translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy were both Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, and his collections of verse have been shortlisted for many prizes. In 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013 an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Few contemporary critics display the passionate commitment to the
idea of poetry, and to the idea of poetry's centrality to civilized
life, that James does -- John Banville * New York Review of Books
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To read a major critic on a major poet is one of the great
pleasures. Clive James's passion for the work of Philip Larkin, his
intense scrutiny which reveals an extraordinary empathy makes
Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin
an outstanding book. -- Melvyn Bragg * New Statesman, Books of the
Year 2019 *
One of the most important and influential writers of our time --
Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
In Somewhere Becoming Rain, Clive James's collected essays
on the poetry of Philip Larkin, the brilliance of James's analysis,
his clear-sighted view of Larkin's solitude and humanity, and the
fragile friendship between the two recorded in the book's final
pages, provide a monument to human connection and isolation
together. It's a perfect example of the "almost instinct" Larkin
managed to prove "almost true" (hedging his bets to the end) - that
what will survive of us is love. -- Andrew Hunter Murray * Guardian
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