The Bone Library
by Jenni Fagan
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Poetry
Reviews
Thrilling, original and unexpected. It promises to take the reader on an unforgettable adventure through the most intimate and haunted secrets of human life.
Toni Velikova, Scottish Poetry Library
Thrilling, original and unexpected. It promises to take the reader on an unforgettable adventure through the most intimate and haunted secrets of human life
Bookseller
Excels in moments of tenderness, [and] tends to shine most in its wit
The Scotsman
Stunning... the vocabulary alone is so vivid, so visceral, and we feel it in the poem that gives the book its title
BBC Radio Scotland Afternoon Show
A stunning new collection'
Scots Magazine
As brilliant, as sensual, as vivid and as thought-provoking as all the rest of her poetry
Ileach
Powerful and gritty writing that reflects many aspects of twenty-first century life
University of Edinburgh Journal
About the Book
These poems are alive with electricity, pulsating with a frequency that vibrates throughout.
In a journey from there to here, The Bone Library examines and interprets all of human life. Throughout the collection Jenni Fagan responds to broader themes of identity, of place, of love and the unloved.
Written in the old Dick Vet Bone Library during the author’s time as writer-in-residence there, this is a vivid exploration that is honest and searching and cuts to the very core of what it is to be alive.
The Author
Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan is a poet, novelist and screenwriter, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jenni was selected as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists after the publication of her debut novel, The Panopticon, which was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. Her adaptation of The Panopticon was staged by the National Theatre of Scotland to great acclaim. The Sunlight Pilgrims, her second novel, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award and the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award, and saw her win Scottish Author of the Year at the Herald Culture Awards. In 2022, Polygon published her most recent novel, Hex, and The Bone Library, a new poetry collection written during her time as a Writer in Residence at the Dick Vet Bone Library.
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