BRIDGES by Gary Allen

Gary Allen was born in Ballymena, Co.Antrim. He received a basic education in primary and secondary schools, before going to college, where he  studied mechanical engineering. After passing his exams, he travelled and worked for many years throughout Europe and stayed for long periods in Belgium, France, and Germany - settling in Holland for many years, where he worked in numerous menial jobs. Now back in Ballymena, since 1995 he has seventeen books of poetry, a novel and a collection of short fiction, published by Laggan, Stairwell, Flambard, Lapwing, Flarestack, Black Mountain and Arrowhead.

From the Foreword by Niall McGrath:
In these recent poems, Gary Allen continues his contemplation of the influence of past generations and, in doing so, seeks to find a means of crossing the divide between past and present or future, between faith and lack of belief, between sections of the community, between memories actual and presumed or imagined, between actuality and fantasy.

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Cover illustration: "Brooklyn Bridge in Fog" by kind permission of Herb Fixler Images, New York, USA: ​http://www.herbfixlerimages.com/

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ISBN: 978-1-907435-51-5
2017
​​Perfect-bound paperback 91 pages ​148 x 210mm
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