Midnight in the City of Clocks [Paperback]

Tobias Hill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

This lively second collection from a young, much-travelled writer falls into two parts. 'Transit' includes poems of travel and transport, especially Japan, where Tobias Hill lived for two years. 'Back to the City' is about London, from hangover to Underground; Hiroshima; and the 'City of Clocks', a fusion of cities and ages. They are poems crammed with a young man's curiosity and eye for detail, and show his great ability for storytelling.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Barber's Daughter
The Beekeepers
Broken Bone
The City Of Clocks
Earthquake, Osaka 1995
From A Year In Japan
Green Tea Cooling
Hiroshima Midnight
Homesickness
How To Light Dynamite
Jael
July 14th, 10pm
Life Savings
Londonn Pastoral
Love Song
Meat
Midnight In The City Of Clocks
The Mule And The Rain
New Verses For Clock City Magpies
North-west London, 8.15
One Day In Hiroshima
Playground At 2am
Playing Japanese Chess With The Elder Mrs Uchida
Prisons In A Departure Lounge At Midnight
Reasons Why
Rio In Carnival
The Secret Of Burning Diamonds
Sheep's Clothing
Sumo Wrestler In Sushi Bar
Three Wishes In A Small Town
Today The House Is Full Of Dishcloths
Transit
Waiting
The Woman Who Talks To Ezra Pound In Tesco
Xenophobia
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Poet and novelist Tobias Hill was born in London, England, on 30 March 1970. He read English at Sussex University and spent two years teaching in Japan. He is the author of three collections of poetry: Year of the Dog (1995); Midnight in the City of Clocks (1996), influenced by his experiences living in Japan; and Zoo (1998), which coincided with his tenure as Poet in Residence at London Zoo as part of the Poetry Places scheme administered by the Poetry Society. He is also the author of an acclaimed collection of short stories, Skin (1997), which won the PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award. Adaptations of his poetry and short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. He has also worked as rock critic for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper in London and as the poetry editor of the Richmond Review. His fiction includes the novels Underground, published in 1999, a dark story set on the London Underground system; and The Love of Stones (2001), spanning six centuries in the tale of a long-lost jewel once owned by Elizabeth I. The book has been published in seven languages and in 11 countries and is being developed as a film by Granada Films. His third novel, The Cryptographer, the story of a mysterious and charming quadrillionaire, who is the creator of the world's first great electric currency, will be published in 2003.

Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd; 2nd edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903039762
• ISBN-13: 978-1903039762
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,963,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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