Isbn: 9781939574060 - afterimage (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 86 pages. 9.61x6.30x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Afterimage, by Len Krisak, is a masterfully-crafted collection of poems in which we see the persistence of history into the present - the ancient market under the polish of urban architecture, the thrum of Roman crowds amid present-day Boston. Horace and Ovid exist alongside Jeopardy! and Clark Kent. Whether in a grand, public mode or quietly elegiac and personal, the poems record our contemporary life, often noting the images from such a distant and literary past strikingly alive in the present. From 'the topless towers of Troy' to 'the trolley's stair step lip,' Krisak writes with a metrical and formal eloquence. His voice is both learned and colloquial, demonstratating a careful attention to language and its power to move us.…

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New.