The Fall at Home

Aphorisms have been described as 'the obscure hinterland between poetry and prose' (<i>New Yorker</i>) - short pithy statements that capture the essence of the human condition in all its shades. <br><br>In this <i>New and Selected</i>, master of the form Don Paterson brings the best examples from his two previous volumes together with ingenious new material relevant to today's world. Moving and mischievous, canny and profound - these wide-ranging observations of no more than one or two lines demonstrate that the aphorism is the perfect form for our times. <br><br><i> Consciousness is the turn the universe makes to hasten its own end.</i><br><i> * </i><br><i> Agnosticism is indulged only by those who have never suffered belief.</i><br><i> *</i><br><i> Poet: someone in the aphorism business for the money.</i>