Books by Geoffrey Hill
“Though any volume of poetry may be a balm for sadness, I would say that Geoffrey Hill is an extraordinary poet of broken love and grief.” Read more...
Sophie Ratcliffe, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Geoffrey Hill were recommended
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Grief is the Thing with Feathers
by Max Porter -
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Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012
by Geoffrey Hill -
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Late Fragments: Everything I Want To Tell You (About This Magnificent Life)
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4
With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial
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I Capture The Castle
by Dodie Smith
The best books on Grief, recommended by Sophie Ratcliffe
The best books on Grief, recommended by Sophie Ratcliffe
We often think of bereavement in terms of deep melancholy or gentle sadness, but “grief behaves badly and grief is risk-taking”, says Sophie Ratcliffe, Oxford literary critic and author of the memoir The Lost Properties of Love. Here, she recommends five books that may act as a balm for those who have lost someone, and says that the act of reading—any book, any poem—can be consoling.
