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The Shadow of Sirius (Paperback)
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The Shadow of Sirius (Paperback)
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List price R369
Loot Price R299
Discovery Miles 2 990
You Save R70 (19%)
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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
remember,' Merwin admits, and his memories are focused and
profound-the distinct qualities of autumn light, a conversation
with a boyhood teacher, well-cultivated loves, and 'our long
evenings and astonishment'. In 'Photographer', Merwin presents the
scene where armloads of antique glass negatives are saved from a
dumpcart by 'someone who understood'. In 'Empty Lot', Merwin evokes
a child lying in bed at night, listening to the muffled dynamite
blasts of coal mining near his home, and we can't help but ask: How
shall we mine our lives?
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