About this Book

This newly corrected reissue makes Gillian Clarke's classic 1982 collection available again for the first time since 1993. "Letter from a Far Country" is on the Edexcel examination syllabus for A Level English Literature, and Gillian's work is studied by A Level and GCSE students throughout the country. One of the most popular and widely read contemporary Welsh poets, Gillian Clarke is currently Capital Poet for Cardiff and gives regular readings, radio interviews and school workshops.