The Blind Eye: A Book of Late Advice

by Don Paterson

A collection of funny, irreverent and wise aphorisms that intends to not only entertain, but also lead us to ponder on the dark and light that make up the human condition.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction

133 pages, Hardcover

First published October 18, 2007

About the author

Don Paterson (b. 1963) is a Scottish poet and writer. He is the author of sixteen books of poetry, aphorism, criticism, memoir and poetic theory. His poetry has won many awards, including the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Costa Poetry Award, three Forward Prizes, the T.S. Eliot Prize on two occasions, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of St. Andrews, and for twenty-five years was Poetry Editor at Picador MacMillan. He has long had a parallel career as a jazz guitarist.

He lives in Kirriemuir, Angus.

Reviews

[Brian Doak Carlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aphorisms: the last refuge of the book deal.