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The Shadow of Sirius

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Description for The Shadow of Sirius Paperback. Presents a collection of poems that feature nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory as central themes. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
US Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century – an artist who transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. Bloodaxe published his Selected Poems in 2007. At 82, Merwin produced ‘his best book in a decade – and one of the best outright’ (Publishers Weekly), and a collection which has won him his second Pulitzer Prize in the US and a Poetry Book Society Recommendation in the UK. The nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, presence, and memory are central themes in his latest collection. ‘I have only what I ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852248543
SKU
9781852248543
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About W. S. Merwin
W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was Poet Laureate of the United States in 2010-11. He received most of the principal prizes in American poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the Bollingen Prize and the Tanning Prize and a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Bloodaxe published his Selected Poems in 2007, prior to which his poetry had been unavailable in Britain for over 35 ... Read more

Reviews for The Shadow of Sirius
In his best book in a decade – and one of the best outright – Merwin points his oracular, unpunctuated poems toward his own past, admitting, ‘I have only what I remember’, and offering what may be his most personal, generous and empathic collection. Somehow, he manages to dissolve the boundaries between one time and another, seeming to look forward ... Read more

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