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E: 21/05/2008 Win A £25 Book Voucher
catz747
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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=401918&c=2
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a modern take on epic poetry:
“At the end of this sentence, rain will begin.”
Answer:
Derek Walcott ............................
Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher Education, 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ, faxed to 020 3194 3300 or e-mailed to [EMAIL="chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk"]chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk[/EMAIL]
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The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is 21 May.
The winner of last week’s competition, who identified Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, is Cassandra Boon of Bromley, Kent.
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a modern take on epic poetry:
“At the end of this sentence, rain will begin.”
Answer:
Derek Walcott ............................Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher Education, 26 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4HQ, faxed to 020 3194 3300 or e-mailed to [EMAIL="chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk"]chat@timeshighereducation.co.uk[/EMAIL]
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The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is 21 May.
The winner of last week’s competition, who identified Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, is Cassandra Boon of Bromley, Kent.
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I think you're right with Derek Walcott.
I found this:
"At the end of this sentence, rain will begin.
At the rain’s edge, a sail...
Derek Walcott (born 1930). St. Lucian poet and playwright. Archipelagoes"Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
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I don't know if the book is called ARCHIPELAGOES (can't find a book named that) or "selected poetry"0
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I also found this:
"Walcott’s own work is steeped in images of the sea and of the lives and dreams that grow on it and around it. Some poems hark back overtly to Homer, as in “Archipelagoes” from “Map of the New World”: At the end of this sentence, rain will begin..."
But I am stumped as to what the book is called . Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
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Lol I can't even work out the name of the poem :rotfl:0
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According to this - http://www.geocities.com/varnamala/jeet.html its Derek Walcott, Archipelagoes. (halfway down)
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If you search for that book by him though I can't find it
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I'm with you catowen and I'll try with Archipelagoes.
Value of prizes 2010 - 2017: £8374 Wins 2022: Magic set
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Was just going to say that, cant find it - this is annoying me now!!!
I will find it!!!0 -
What about The Fortunate Traveller - from here http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1992_Dec/ai_13522632/pg_2
Says its from the poem 'The Port of Spain' taken from The Fortunate Traveller.0
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