Mountain Retreats

Iain Maloney

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Isobar Press
13 January 2024

Poetry; Mountains; The Earth: natural history general

Mountain Retreats, Maloney's third poetry collection, consists of two poetic cycles in the tradition of the great climbing poets, Gary Snyder and Kenneth Rexroth. Where the sky begins ranges over peaks and valleys exploring the connections between nature and health as the narrative voice retreats into the Japanese Alps while facing an unnamed illness. All of this has happened before uses the mechanisms of the rock cycle - weathering and erosion - to come to terms with mortality. Drawing on an array of imagery and references, these poems strike out in new directions before looping back on themselves, rising and falling like mountain trails, all the while seeking clarity above the trees, where the sky begins.

By: Iain Maloney
Imprint: Isobar Press
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 109g
ISBN: 9784907359461
ISBN 10: 4907359462
Pages: 78
Publication Date: 13 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Iain Maloney is the author of nine books, including The Only Gaijin in the Village (2020) and The Japan Lights (2023). Originally from Aberdeen, Scotland, he now lives in Gifu, Japan. He teaches writing and literature at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Nagoya, and writes for many outlets including The Japan Times. He is easy to find on social media and at www.substack.iainmaloney.com

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As a writer he is bold, humorous and current. - The Japan Society I think this might be my favourite book Maloney has written ever. The number of times I found I was holding my breath whilst reading this ; I love its honesty and the feeling of guidance that streams through it. Tactile, elemental and pin-sharp poetry that strips both body and landscape back to the very bones. Maloney folds time and presses it into your palm, whispering go, breathe, be. - Larissa Reid

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