We Go On by Kerry Hardie Sean O'Brien From Ovid's bitter letters of

From Ovid's bitter letters of exile to the prime minister's letters of instruction to nuclear submarine captains

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We Go On by Kerry Hardie Sean O'Brien From Ovid's bitter letters ofThis is a book about the irreducible core of what it is to be human in a world that changes constantly yet repeats and repeats. It uses images that speak to a place in us that does not depend on fashion but braves that over used word 'archetypal'. It is mostly specific to a landscape the author knows very well yet sometimes ventures beyond, always with the awareness that fear is our constant companion, but also joy. Its title holds an echo of Beckett: