{"product_id":"a-village-life-louise-glck-9780374532437","title":"A Village Life: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dreamlike collection from the Nobel Prize-winning poet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Village Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Louise Gl?k's eleventh collection of poems, begins in the topography of a village, a Mediterranean world of no definite moment or place: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the roads in the village unite at the fountain.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvenue of Liberty, Avenue of the Acacia Trees--\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe fountain rises at the center of the plaza;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eon sunny days, rainbows in the piss of the cherub.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e--from \"tributaries\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround the fountain are concentric circles of figures, organized by age and in degrees of distance: fields, a river, and, like the fountain's opposite, a mountain. Human time superimposed on geologic time, all taken in at a glance, without any undue sensation of speed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGl?k has been known as a lyrical and dramatic poet; since Ararat, she has shaped her austere intensities into book-length sequences. Here, for the first time, she speaks as \"the type of describing, supervising intelligence found in novels rather than poetry,\" as Langdon Hammer has written of her long lines--expansive, fluent, and full--manifesting a calm omniscience. While Gl?k's manner is novelistic, she focuses not on action but on pauses and intervals, moments of suspension (rather than suspense), in a dreamlike present tense in which poetic speculation and reflection are possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Gl?k\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374532435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374532437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2010 pg. 28","brand":"Louise Gl?k","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048079225087,"sku":"9780374532437","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bb1020a-22b6-47fe-abc5-81f496b9dc5e.jpg?v=1684993766","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-village-life-louise-glck-9780374532437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}