**SIGNED** The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage Penny Sharman less the lyric than the

less the lyric than the epylion

our past continuous in our present

Gold Light Shining introduces an essential new voice

tells the story of the authors one-way journey as a young man from his home in the northern pampas to Buenos Aires in 1950

Stein Mehren

**SIGNED** The Owl and the Nightingale by Simon Armitage Penny Sharman less the lyric than theSorry we have sold out of signed copies you can buy an unsigned copy here. Following his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse. In his highly engaging version, Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fierce verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which