Getting Higher
the Complete Mountain Poems
Written by Andrew Greig , Rory Watson / Illustrated by James Hutcheson
£12.99
- Paperback
- E-Book
272 in stock
Poetry
Reviews
'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy'
Times Literary Supplement
A lyric poet of rare gusto'
The Observer
Andrew Greig is a Scottish poet of sensitivity and resilience. He deals with high-risk situations - from mountaineering to love - and is particularly good at presenting the gamut of feelings involved in rites of passage: high endeavour, commitment, holding back, drift, release'
Edwin Morgan
About the Book
Alongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing will be brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material - including his first poem, written in 1972 - and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collector's item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes.
The Authors
Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig is a Scottish writer living in Edinburgh and Orkney. He has written seven novels, a variety of non-fiction books, and nine volumes of poetry, including Found At Sea, Getting Higher: Complete Mountain Poems and This Life, This Life: New and Selected Poems. His collection The Order of the Day was a Poetry Book Society choice.James Hutcheson
James Hutcheson is Creative Director at Birlinn. He has been designing books, book jackets and album covers for many years.Related
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