In a Time of Distance: and Other Poems

ISBN-10: 1039000193
ISBN-13: 9781039000193
Category: Poetry
Pages: 240
Language: English
Published: 2022-04-12
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Author: Alexander McCall Smith

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From the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series comes a collection of poetry—his first—sure to delight fans old and new. In these delightful poems, Alexander McCall Smith writes about his travels, from Africa to Greece, London to Dubai, from Canada and back home to Scotland. He shares his gentle, inimitably Sandy-esque observations on life, love and beauty, and some of his favourite writers, reminding us how deeply satisfying it can be to take in the world around us with all our senses, and all our mind and heart.

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