The Vast Extent

'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.'

Sunday Times

'Remarkable, visionary.' CELIA PAUL

'Indescribably brilliant.'

Daily Telegraph

'Kaleidoscopic.'

Guardian

'A rare pleasure . . . rewarding and thought-provoking.'

Irish Times

From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist,

The Vast Extent is a constellation of «exploded essays» about light and image, seeing and the unseen. Each is a record of how thought builds and ideas emerge, aligning art, myth, strange voyages and scientific scrutiny with a poet's response so that they cast light upon each other.

In this original and illuminating work, Lavinia Greenlaw invites us to observe our world and beyond with a new sensitivity.