Edge of the Orison: In the Traces of John Clares Journey Out of Essex

by Iain Sinclair

Book Overview

In Edge of the Orison the visionary Iain Sinclair walks in the steps of poet John Clare.

In 1841 the poet John Clare fled an asylum in Epping Forest and walked eighty miles to his home in Northborough. He was searching for his lost love, Mary Joyce - a woman three years dead ...

In 2000 Iain Sinclair set out to recreate Clare's walk away from madness. He wanted to understand his bond with the poet and escape the gravity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141012757
• ISBN13: 9780141012759
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"