# The River in the Sky

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- Authors: [Clive James](https://www.bookquiver.com/clive-james)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2022-09-01

## Description

Clive James’s book-length poem The River in the Sky is superb, an epic lament, written in late life, filled with exact and moving observations about life and culture. “If my ashes end up in an hour-glass,” he wrote, “I can go on working.”

## Editions

### The River in the Sky

- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-0988-724-8
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2022-09-01
- Language: en_GB