This valedictory collection brims with rivers ... At their best, his poems take you into an elsewhere, although his taste for the mysterious occasionally seems too much of a default position.
Impossibly good ... An old-world charm tempered with realism and muscular imagery prevails ... A collection that bears multiple and complex readings. Ondaatje’s finest.
Nothing feels forced or imposed; always the poems feel like invitations to contemplate the moment, the truth, the magic of the actual ... A powerful, thoughtful collection of observations and contemplations; a beautiful and valuable addition to the world of poetry by one of its most inspiring writers.
