That little something : poems / Charles Simic.
"In his nineteenth collection, Charles Simic, the poet of the vaguely ominous sound and the disturbing, potentially significant image, moves closer to the dark heart of history and human behavior." "Simic understands the strange interplay between ordinary life and extremes, between re...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Orlando :
Harcourt,
[2008]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Summary: | "In his nineteenth collection, Charles Simic, the poet of the vaguely ominous sound and the disturbing, potentially significant image, moves closer to the dark heart of history and human behavior." "Simic understands the strange interplay between ordinary life and extremes, between reality and imagination, and he writes with absolute purity about those contradictory but simultaneous states of being or feeling: "Everything about you / My life, is both / Make-believe and real.""--Jacket. |
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Physical Description: | 73 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm |
Awards: | Poet Laureate, 2007- |
ISBN: | 9780151013593 0151013594 |