Island of Lightning

Robert Minhinnick's latest prose collection follows him to China, theTower of Babel and Wales via the mysterious 'Island of Lightning'. Teeming with vivid depictions of people and the natural world, these twenty-three texts are an exhilarating combination of poetry, magic realism and wanderlust. On the journey we read about Minhinnick's time spent in a fever hospital, his homage to darts, and tributes to artists as diverse as Elvis Presley and Jorge Luis Borges. And the collection culminates with the short story, 'Scavenger', which suggests an alarming near future.

Auteur

Robert Minhinnick is a prize-winning poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist. He has won Wales Book of the Year and the Forward Poetry prize. He is co-founder of the environmental organisation, Sustainable Wals, and was formerly editor of Poetry Wales magazine