Shards

About the Book

Shards is a meditative sequence of prose-poems. The idea is that life is like a broken vase, with every piece of glass reflecting light in its own way. The writing has a loose, sometimes Zen-like, rhythm and flavour, and the book taps into a varied background, bringing together images from different worlds and experiences. Shards deals with identity, memory and consciousness, with the blurred line between reality and reverie, in an immediate style that appeals also to the reader who finds traditional poetry too distant.

About the Author

Francesca Albini was born in Italy and has been living in England for 15 years. She has a degree in Philosophy, specialising in history of magic and science, a PhD in Classics, and is Honorary Research Fellow at University College, London. She has published academic and gift books.