Martin Malone Boeken

A compelling novel of middle-eastern conflict, turning on one man's crisis of conscience as his death approaches in modern-day Lebanon. The Enclave; home to Lebanon's dispossessed. Khalil has made his life here, catering to the needs of UN troops on the Israeli-Lebanon border. His small electrical shop has served him and his family well, has sustained them through turbulent years of conflict, and now it is time to let go, to live his final days in peace. But when a young Irishman walks in to his shop Khalil is forced to confront an act of horrifying violence from his past. Years before he was witness to the lynching of an Irish UN peacekeeper. What happened next has remained a secret for fifteen years. And now, the son returns. Exploring in intimate and compelling detail the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on everyday Lebanese life, THE BROKEN CEDAR turns on one man's terrible crisis of conscience as he attempts to reconcile past actions with present consequences.

Grounded in historical fact, Martin Malone's elegant prose shines a light of harsh reality on Rosanna Doyle, hopeful of a happy future as she travels to see her man at an army camp.

Selected from his three collections and various pamphlet publications, Larksong Static offers a first synopsis of Martin Malone's work so far. From his resounding alliances of memory and geography in The Waiting Hillside , through the complicated emotional landscape and fine-art sensibilities of Cur , to the brilliantly achieved cultural memory work of his Great War sequence, The Unreturning , this selection captures a poet staking serious claim for his significance to the contemporary scene."Malone is a Romantic at heart, feeling the landscape, living the language, catching the drift." SIMON ARMITAGEAny attempt to forge a new nature poetry in the English lyric tradition is a bold undertaking, but Malone's sensibility and assurance make this possible. His voice is distinctive, his eye clear and sure, and his ability to change pace and direction in a poem makes his work elegant and surprising." MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS

The book presents a sequence of poetry that vividly captures the changing seasons in a north-east Scottish village, complemented by exquisite linocuts. Through Martin Malone's remarkable verses and Bryan Angus's artistic illustrations, readers experience the essence of the village's people, landscapes, and wildlife as they observe the cyclical passage of time, mirroring the ebb and flow of the tides.