The Penguin Book of Elegy writing unearthly sounds on a planet

unearthly sounds on a planet without atmosphere

is both a skill and a foundation for female artistic expression

alongside haunting images of poaching and species extinction

or in exile

The Penguin Book of Elegy writing unearthly sounds on a planet'A tremendous sentimental education of a book a literary adventure chosen with a scholarly discernment mixed with a wild card flair fascinating and unignorable' Kate Kellaway, Observer (Poetry Book of the Month) Elegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practised by the Romans, revitalized by the poets of the Renaissance and continuing down to the present day, it speaks eloquently and affectingly of the experience