Published to mark C.H. Sisson's 80th birthday, this collection of his work provides summary insights into the nature and meaning of the mental and physical worlds. Sisson abandoned the writing of poetry at the age of 20, dissatisfied with his performance, only to find himself starting again eight or nine years later on a troopship just off Freetown. That was over half a century ago - half-a-century which has seen the evolution of a body of work that includes an array of translations, the critical writings now assembled in three volumes of literary, political and ecclesiastical essays, the novels, autobiography and poetry.
