Isbn: 9781556594540 - the moon before morning (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "Merwin has attained a transcendent and transformative elevation of beaming perception, exquisite balance, and clarifying beauty."--Booklist, starred review "In his personal anonymity, his strict individuated manner, his defense of the earth, and his heartache at time's passing, Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the page."--Helen Vendler, The New York Review of Books "W.S. Merwin's legacy is unquestionably secure."--Poetry "Merwin is tackling the mysteries of life and impending death with a grace and dexterity of imagination that leaves one of any age wondering if this is more than simply poetry, but bordering on prophecy."--Eliot Schain, Poetry Flash Two-time Pulitzer winner W.S. Merwin is one of the best-selling poets in America. In his new book, The Moon Before Morning, Merwin examines everything from minute flowers to oceanic destruction, and weaves our complex relationship with the natural world with his own youth, memory, and intense engagement with the passing of days. With considered reverence, subtle might, and generous poetic imagination, Merwin presents a masterful collection. From "Antique Sound": There was an age when you played the records with ordinary steel needles which grew blunt and damaged the grooves or with more expensive stylus tips said to be tungsten or diamond which wore down the records and the music receded but a friend and I had it on persuasive authority that the best thing was a dry thorn of the right kind and I knew where to find one of those. W.S. Merwin served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received every major literary accolade, including two Pulitzer prizes, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius, and the National Book Award for Migration: New and Selected Poems.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Paperback.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 121 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - - W.S. Merwin is one of the most recognizable names in the poetry world.- PBS story on Merwin is in the works (air date TBD).- W.S. Merwin is one of the best-selling poets in the United States.- Two-time winner of the Pulitzer prize.- Merwin's last three books with Copper Canyon won major awards, in order: The National Book Award (Migration); the Bobbitt Prize (Present Company); the Pulitzer Prize (The Shadow of Sirius)- The Moon before Morning is the much anticipated follow-up to The Shadow of Sirius- Merwin has been concerned with human relationship to nature throughout the course of his poetry career. This book blends autobiography with defense of nature as only Merwin can.- Merwin has been a practicing Buddhist since the late 70's and is a believer in deep ecology, a form of environmentalism that proposes that the existence of all life-forms (including humans) are linked on a deep and co-dependent level. - Merwin lives in Hawaii on a former pineapple plantation that he has spent over thirty years restoring to its original rainforest state.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnW. S. Merwin: W.S. Merwin served as Poet Laureate of the United States and has received every major literary accolade, including two Pulitzer prizes, most recently for The Shadow of Sirius (Copper Canyon) and the Nati.