# Opal Sunset

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- Authors: [Clive James](https://www.bookquiver.com/clive-james)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-02-25

## Description

James is an absolute master of surface, and the great critic of surfaces, not because he is superficial but because he believes that the distortions on the surface tell you what’s underneath. His simplicity isn’t simple and his clarity has depth. With the essays and the poems – which I think you have to consider as one great project – he’s built an immense, protective barrier reef around western civilization.

## Editions

### Opal Sunset

- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-0982-457-1
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2016-02-25
- Language: en_GB