Darwin
Author: Padel, Ruth
ISBN: 9780099547051
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 May 2010
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
An intimate and moving interpretation of the life and work of Charles Darwin, by the acclaimed poet and direct descendent of the famous scientist.
Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
In these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor.
Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
ISBN: 9780099547051
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 May 2010
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback / softback
An intimate and moving interpretation of the life and work of Charles Darwin, by the acclaimed poet and direct descendent of the famous scientist.
Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
In these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor.
Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.
