The Heart of Things: On Memory and Lament


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A moving and personal anthology from the Sunday Times bestseller, encompassing melancholy, morality, mortality and more

Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and guidance in the face of life's challenges. Now he shares those poems and words which have been his own guide, offered in the hope they will help us too.

This is a book to turn to for inspiration, guidance and comfort. It offers lessons from those who, in Richard's words, 'know best how to listen and teach us to listen', all united by 'the sensual appeal of words, the pain and pleasure they impart'. It is a book to treasure.



Author: Richard Holloway
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 04/18/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781838854973
ISBN10: 1838854975
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Quotations
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Self-Help | Spiritual

About the Author
Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, he is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Leaving Alexandria won the PEN/Ackerley Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, together with Waiting for the Last Bus.