W. S. Merwin is widely acknowledged as one of the finest living
poets in English. Less well known is the power and range of his
work in prose. For his first new prose collection in more than ten
years, The Ends of the Earth, Merwin has gathered eight essays that
show the breadth of his imagination and sympathy. A memoir of
George Kirstein, publisher of "The Nation," stands alongside one of
Sydney Parkinson, explorer, naturalist and artist on Captain James
Cook's Endeavour. A wonderful portrait of the French explorer of
Hawai'i, Jean-Francois Galaup de La Perouse is followed by a visit
to the Neanderthal skeleton of Boffia Bonneval. There are treks
through the Hawaiian forests, to the Holy Mountain of Athos, and
with the butterflies in Mexico. For this magical and wondrous
journey we have as our guide the excited and concise
poet-naturalist, writing at the top of his form.
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