Slow Air

by Robin Robertson

Robin Robertsons new collection reveals the same talent we saw in his debut, A Painted Field. His main subject is his own detached, fierce, Scottish on landscape and sea, on love, sex, and violence. He uses language brilliantlydeadpan, tense, precise; unforgiving. Robin Robertsons first collection won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and really launched the Picador poetry list. It received tremendous reviews and Robin is a very well known name both as a poetry editor (at Jonathan Cape) and a poet in his own right. He is guaranteed coverage in the national press and should be very popular as a reader at festivals.

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

There is more than one author with this name in the Goodreads catalog. This entry is for Robin ^3 Robertson.

Robin Robertson is from the north-east coast of Scotland. His four collections of poetry have received the E.M. Forster Award and various Forward Prizes.

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Reviews

[Emma Richler]

Marvellous.

[Ajay Sawant]

For everyone who loves authentic poetry, this is the book you need. Robin Robertson is a fine art craftsman of poetry. Here’s a book that has poems of all that you need.
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What does the book encompass?
Robin Robertson’s ‘slow air’ is a literary masterpiece. This thin book comprises of long poems of authentic style. Every poem has hues to speak, tonnes to tell & a different identity. A must buy poetry book for the fans of Sylvia Plath. Every poem in this book is a intricately woven fibre which together constitute the book (a warm sweater). The poet describes situations like gold and jewels value in market.
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Right from the cover derived from a painting from a popular museum depicting a shot goose to the interior and the poems this book needs to be in your shelf to add up it’s prestige.
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Drawback
Few poems are clinched up with numerous phrases and ideas which can sometimes be difficult to understand. This isn’t a book for instagram poetry lovers as the poems are really long comparatively.

[Emily Cundall]

Robin Robertson never disappoints. A talent far removed from the modern Instagram poet. Meticulous, lyrical and complex - his poetry breathes a delicacy rooted amongst the pain and wonders of the natural world.

[Simon Sweetman]

Some magical writing here. A huge talent.

[Steven Edmondson]

As seems to be a pattern with the Robertson I've read, the poems pulling on classics (Ovid, Dante) are absolutely phenomenal.

[Evelyn Mulwray]

Wow — Robertson is seriously gifted.