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Paperback. In three hundred varied entries, Gigantic Cinema narrates the weather of a single capricious day, from dawn through rain, volcanic ash, nuclear dust, snow, light, fog, noon, eclipse, hurricane, flood, dusk, night, and back to dawn again. It includes reactions both formal and fleetingweather rhymes, journals and jottings, diaries and lettersto the imaginary and actual drama unfolding above our heads. Ranging from Homers winds and Ovids flood to Frank OHaras sun, Plinys reportage on the eruption of Vesuvius to Elizabeth Bishops Song for a Rainy Season, Gigantic Cinema offers an expansive collection of writing inspired by the commotion of the elements. Rather than drawing attention to authors and titles, entries appear as a medley of voices; as editors Alice Oswald and Paul Keegan write in their stunning introduction, the excerpts ask to be read with no hat, no coat, no preconceptions, encountering each voice abruptly, as an exclamation brought on by the weather. Assembling a chorus of responses (ancient and modern, East and West) to airs manifold appearances, Gigantic Cinema offers a new perspective on the oldest conversation of all. A luminous, "deliciously playful" (Rishi Dastidar, Guardian) anthology of poems and prose inspired by the weather. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393540758
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