The Bonfire Party
$22.95
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2026
Summary
Sean O’Brien’s twelfth collection, The Bonfire Party, considers conditions at the limit of things, where the world can seem as mysterious as it is empty. This metaphysical cast of mind has deepened through O’Brien’s later works, and amongst The Bonfire Party’s reflections on love, history and recurrence, the climate emergency is also a peremptory and nightmarish presence.
In a central sequence, O’Brien writes into the rich imaginative climate of George Simenon in his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035064908 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035064901 |
| Author: | Sean O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 154mm x 9mm |
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The greatest pleasure, whatever he chooses to write about, is O’Brien’s unforced gift, the ease of the writing, the phrases that seem to roll off his pen – Kate Kellaway on It Says Here * Observer *
About The Author
Sean O'Brien
Sean O’Brien’s poetry has received numerous awards, including the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize (three times), the E. M. Forster Award and the Roehampton Poetry Prize. His Collected Poems appeared in 2012. His work has been published in several languages. His novel Once Again Assembled Here was published in 2016. He is also a critic, editor, translator, playwright and broadcaster. Born in London, he grew up in Hull. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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