# The Light as it Grows Dark

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- Book: [The Light as it Grows Dark](https://www.bookquiver.com/clive-james/the-light-as-it-grows-dark) ([The Light as it Grows Dark.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/clive-james/the-light-as-it-grows-dark.md))
- Authors: [Clive James](https://www.bookquiver.com/clive-james)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-10-3740-647-8
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2026-10-08
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Beautiful and deeply meditative poems on illness, ageing, legacy and death from one of Australia’s finest writers.