Fiona Farrell's The Broken book defies classification; it is about walking but is not a travel book, it includes memories but it is not a biography, there are poems but it is not a poetry book. It is in fact all of these things and more.The book consists of a Preamble, four essays on life and walking and an Epilogue but is interspered with 20 earthquake poems. The poems arrive at random times and interrupt the flow of the essays. This book shows how an earthquake can change everything in a moment. The poems comment on that immediacy while the essays are thoughtful, often meandering like walking but always connected and enjoyable.
This is a very special book - sensitive, wise, lyrical.
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