The Shadow of Hiroshima and Other Film/Poems

By Tony Harrison

Tony Harrison has developed a unique form of film/poem to confront the major horrors of the twentieth century. This collection includes the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award, The Gaze of the Gorgon; his defence of Salman Rushdie, The Blasphemers' Banquet, his four-part poem Loving Memory; A Maybe Day in Kazakhstan; and The Shadow of Hiroshima. The volume was published to coincide with the screening of 'The Shadow of Hiroshima', directed by Tony Harrison, on Channel 4 television on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1995. The introductory essay by Peter Symes, BBC television producer and director of many of these film/poems, provides an insight into Tony Harrison's methods of working in this medium.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571176755
• ISBN13: 9780571176755
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"