The Ends of the Earth: Essays by Merwin, W. S.

The Ends of the Earth: Essays (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781619027480)

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Format: Paperback
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The Ends of the Earth: Essays by Merwin, W. S.

The Ends of the Earth: Essays

$17.95
The Ends of the Earth: Essays by Merwin, W. S.

The Ends of the Earth: Essays

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: W. S. Merwin
ISBN-10: 1619027488
ISBN-13: 9781619027480
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
By W. S. Merwin
By W. S. Merwin
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W. S. Merwin is one of our most distinguished poets and translators and is the acting United States Poet Laureate. A two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, he has also been honored with the Bollingen Prize and a Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets. In 1995 he received the first Dorothea Tanning Prize. He lives and works in Hawaii.

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